Posted on 07/11/2005 3:27:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BANGKOK, Thailand - Farmer Amphol Wangboon was hesitant to give up his beloved Thong Khaow for marriage until he found her the perfect match and a dowry he couldn't refuse: truckloads of fresh grass, hay, maize and $2,400.
So Thong Khaow and her new mate, Thong Kham — a pair of rare dwarf Brahman cattle — were married Sunday morning in a traditional Thai ceremony featuring a banquet for more than 2,000 human guests in central Sa Kaew province.
The animals wore silk outfits and jasmine garlands. Other beasts, including goats, also attended the wedding.
Amphol said Thong Kham's owner, Krachang Kanokprasert, offered him the cash and the feed dowry as part of the wedding festivities.
"I wasn't going to sell her — she's a special find — but Krachang said he would take care of her and wanted the couple for a display in front of his restaurant," Amphol said. "If he takes good care of her, I don't mind giving her to him."
A pair of rare dwarf Brahman cattle, Thong Khaow, left, and Thong Kham, right, are married in a traditional Thai ceremony featuring processions and a banquet for more than 2,000 human guests at a cattle market in central Sa Kaew province on Sunday, July 10, 2005. The owner of the bull, Thong Kham, offered a dowry of fresh grass, hay, maize and 100,000 baht (US$2,400, euro2,000)at the promotional event for the two rare animals.(AP Photo)
This is just not right...
Wedding guests marbled at how udderly mooving the ceremony was.
Why buy the cow if the milk is free?
when's the last time ya got invited to a bovine affair? ;-)
This one's right up your alley. Or pasture, :)
If ewe've got a beef with my offal puns, it's best to speak up. That's what I'm hereford. I'm not gonna hide.
I hear they had to skip the tossing of the bouquet, because the groom ended up eating it.
It all started with Gay Marriage.
"I just married this heifer and already she's talking my ear off"
And they all partied till the cows went home.
HOW NOW COW KHAOW?
Thong Rhinow was devastated by the news...
Krachang and Ka-ching...
Nice to see they Thai'd the knot. I herd they went to Cowcutta for their honeymoooooon.
Cowcutta? Ruminate over that a little longer, and you'll realize that the owner cudn't afford that. And after all, they're animals...he probably just steaked them in the backyard.
Well then maybe it was Bullivia they went to. And whats with the goats in the wedding party? Who are they kidding? They can't chevre that one down our throats. It would behoove them to be more careful with the guest list.
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