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Cattle Wed in 2,000-Guest Thai Ceremony
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/11/05 | AP - Bangkok

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."


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KEYWORDS: brahman; cattle; ceremony; guest; thai; wed
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To: NormsRevenge

OK, OK....I think you've all milked this subject dry.


21 posted on 07/11/2005 4:25:37 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: andy58-in-nh
OK, OK....I think you've all milked this subject dry.
22 posted on 07/11/2005 4:29:06 PM PDT by Cowman (Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
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To: andy58-in-nh
OK, OK....I think you've all milked this subject dry.

Yep Yougurt all she has to give

23 posted on 07/11/2005 4:29:52 PM PDT by Cowman (Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
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To: speedy; hispanarepublicana; billybudd

Bullivia? For a honeymoon? If you're going to send a bovine pair from Thailand anywhere to Charolais, it'll be to Cowlifornia. Otherwise they'll have a beef with you.


24 posted on 07/11/2005 4:34:18 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile ("Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." -- John Adams. "F that." -- SCOTUS, in Kelo.)
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To: NormsRevenge; mikrofon; martin_fierro
Amphol Wangboon . . . Krachang Kanokprasert

And now the moment we've all been waiting for, the award for the Silliest Name in the News for 2005. The envelope, please. . . .

And the winner is . . .

IT'S A THAI!

25 posted on 07/11/2005 5:44:30 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Thailand is a very silly country.)
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To: LibertarianInExile; speedy; billybudd

For the honeymood, they went to Maine Anjou can't tell me different.


26 posted on 07/11/2005 6:12:35 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (I was Lucy Ramirez when being Lucy Ramirez wasn't cool.)
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To: hispanarepublicana; LibertarianInExile; billybudd

All I know is that one was wearing a Jersey that said "Moscow" and the other's said "Cattleonia."


27 posted on 07/11/2005 6:23:46 PM PDT by speedy
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To: speedy; hispanarepublicana; billybudd

I don't know about that, but as I understand it, upon their return, the fraidy-cat owner was cringing because they didn't like the trip.

That is, I heard the coward cowherd cowered.


28 posted on 07/11/2005 7:09:30 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile ("Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." -- John Adams. "F that." -- SCOTUS, in Kelo.)
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To: LibertarianInExile

Moan and groan. Didn't you used to write for the Rocky and Bullwinkle show?


29 posted on 07/11/2005 7:46:01 PM PDT by speedy
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To: speedy

Who's been spreading that bullshit? If I heifer get ahold of them...


30 posted on 07/11/2005 8:18:29 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile ("Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." -- John Adams. "F that." -- SCOTUS, in Kelo.)
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