Man sells daughter for beer and meat

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WelshBloke

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Originally posted by: Zebo
This thread is worthless without pics.:evil:


Seriously while this may offend Western sensibilities arranged marries are more common than not throughout the world. I'm not saying it's right because it violates self-determination and various other freedoms - but lets not pretend this man is sick rather than culturally backwards.


:confused: Yeah but they dont normally swap their daughters for beer and meat.

 

OutHouse

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Originally posted by: WelshBloke
Originally posted by: Zebo
This thread is worthless without pics.:evil:


Seriously while this may offend Western sensibilities arranged marries are more common than not throughout the world. I'm not saying it's right because it violates self-determination and various other freedoms - but lets not pretend this man is sick rather than culturally backwards.


:confused: Yeah but they dont normally swap their daughters for beer and meat.

you are right, the normal price is usually a couple of cows , a few hens and a goat.

inflation sucks.
 
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Originally posted by: Citrix

you are right, the normal price is usually a couple of cows , a few hens and a goat.

"You only want to offer me six cows! Are you crazy? Can't you tell that she's a ten cow girl?"