Monday, May 21, 2007
Sad, sad story
The May 24, 2007, National Review brings us this sad, sad story (subscription required):
"Herodotus may have been on to this story, when he reported 'a goat-footed race' of men, though he located them in modern-day Russia. But we will let the BBC continue the tale, in its own words. 'The best-known goat in Sudan has died months after being married to a man in the South Sudan capital, Juba, the BBC has learned. Local elders ordered a man found having sex with the goat, later called Rose, to marry her last February. ... The husband, Charles Tombe, said he was drunk at the time but has since refused to comment on the issue. ... Rose, black and white, is believed to have died after choking on a plastic bag she swallowed as she was eating scraps on the streets of Juba.'”
"Herodotus may have been on to this story, when he reported 'a goat-footed race' of men, though he located them in modern-day Russia. But we will let the BBC continue the tale, in its own words. 'The best-known goat in Sudan has died months after being married to a man in the South Sudan capital, Juba, the BBC has learned. Local elders ordered a man found having sex with the goat, later called Rose, to marry her last February. ... The husband, Charles Tombe, said he was drunk at the time but has since refused to comment on the issue. ... Rose, black and white, is believed to have died after choking on a plastic bag she swallowed as she was eating scraps on the streets of Juba.'”
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, May 21, 2007 
