From the "What the fuck?" department.
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bzarcherDead couple to be married.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African man who shot his pregnant fiancée dead before killing himself will be posthumously married to her at the weekend.
Police Captain Mohale Ramatseba said David Masenta shot 25-year-old Mgwanini Molomo after a quarrel before turning the gun on himself. But Johannesburg's Sowetan newspaper said family and friends wanted to remember them as a happy couple destined for a happy life together.
The groom's corpse would be dressed in a cream suit and his bride's in a gown for the ceremony, at which a priest in the rural village of Ceres in Limpopo will bless the union before the two are buried, the Sowetan said.
"In African culture, there is no death -- there is merely the separation of body and soul," said cultural expert Mathole Motshekga. "It is also important because the families are married together."
"This does not mean the relationship has irretrievably broken down."
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African man who shot his pregnant fiancée dead before killing himself will be posthumously married to her at the weekend.
Police Captain Mohale Ramatseba said David Masenta shot 25-year-old Mgwanini Molomo after a quarrel before turning the gun on himself. But Johannesburg's Sowetan newspaper said family and friends wanted to remember them as a happy couple destined for a happy life together.
The groom's corpse would be dressed in a cream suit and his bride's in a gown for the ceremony, at which a priest in the rural village of Ceres in Limpopo will bless the union before the two are buried, the Sowetan said.
"In African culture, there is no death -- there is merely the separation of body and soul," said cultural expert Mathole Motshekga. "It is also important because the families are married together."
"This does not mean the relationship has irretrievably broken down."
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Date: 2004-08-27 01:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-08-27 01:57 pm (UTC)Thatis.....wrong.
How?
No clue...but it is.
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Date: 2004-08-27 02:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-27 02:08 pm (UTC)...
"Well, go on, kiss her."
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"Dammit, we already had enough delays when it came to the vows. Get on with it, already! You guys are stinking up the place!"
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Date: 2004-08-27 02:10 pm (UTC)I laughed out loud.
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Date: 2004-08-27 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-27 05:30 pm (UTC)http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=318952
I've gotta say, though, a gunshot almost definitively puts an end to any "official formalities which confirm that he/ she would have consented," on both sides of the equation in the example.
One wonders if the Mormons are going to find this woman in heaven and offer her a shot at becoming a Mormon, which might mean she could find a Mormon man to get all polygamous with in order to escape from Murder-Suicide Boy. ;)
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Date: 2004-08-27 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-08-27 06:42 pm (UTC)Please, have cookies.
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Date: 2004-08-27 06:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-27 07:53 pm (UTC)Y'know, considering the manner of death, I really don't think she'd want to be tied to that guy.
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Date: 2004-08-28 04:53 am (UTC)Yeah! I Mean, What's A Little Bit Of Murder/Suicide When You're In Love? {My Mind Is Boggled!}
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Date: 2004-08-28 07:35 am (UTC)"We were thinking of taking a trip up to the First Circle, you know, see the door with the funky Italian written on it about 'lasciate ogni speranza'?"