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Bulgarian farmer swaps wife for goat
The Telegraph ^ | April 11, 2008 | The Telegraph UK

Posted on 04/11/2008 7:28:55 AM PDT by PGR88

A luckless Bulgarian farmer who was been married three times has decided to try his hand at marriage one last time - with a goat.

Stoil Panayotov exchanged his third wife with Elena the eight-year-old goat at a livestock market in March - because she couldn't provide him with a child.

The extraordinary deal was concluded in front of a stunned crowd in the market town of Plovdiv, central Bulgaria.

advertisement"The day before a friend told me that he has had no luck with women and that he really liked my wife," says the 54-year-old. "The deal was reached when my wife gave her approval.

"The goat has given birth to three kids and my wife to none.

"So this deal was more profitable to the goat owner, I got a second-hand goat and he got a brand new wife."

Last year, the marriage of a man and a Sudanese goat became the subject of international attention when the story was picked up by the BBC website.

The black and white goat named Rose became an internet phenomenon after her owner discovered the man, Charles Tombe, copulating with the animal.

In accordance with Sudanese tradition, Mr Tombe was forced to marry Rose and pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars (£25).

Rose has since died after choking on a plastic bag while eating scraps on the streets of Juba.

In India last year, a man also made the headlines after marrying a dog on the advice of his astrologer.

P. Selvakumar, a 33-year-old farm labourer from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, believed he had been cursed after stoning two dogs to death more than 20 years ago.

He married a four-year-old stray bitch named Selvi in a bid to atone for his sins.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: andmoves2sanfrisco; bulgarian; goat; muslim
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21 posted on 04/11/2008 7:53:56 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Hegemony Cricket; PGR88; martin_fierro; JRios1968; MarkMyWord

I got a yak for my first husband.


22 posted on 04/11/2008 7:55:49 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: dragonblustar

ew


23 posted on 04/11/2008 7:57:07 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: dragonblustar

GAH, she didn't look like that at the bar last night

24 posted on 04/11/2008 8:07:17 AM PDT by MaxMax (It's not the politics I despise, It's the politicians for being so stupid..)
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To: dragonblustar

You know, there is a joke about being able to s*ck the chrome off a trailer hitch . . .

Maybe her face got stuck that way????


25 posted on 04/11/2008 8:12:17 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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26 posted on 04/11/2008 8:16:03 AM PDT by weegee (March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
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To: PGR88

Stoil Panayotov exchanged his third wife - because she couldn’t provide him with a child.....

And the goat will?....Note to Stoil: take a biology class!


27 posted on 04/11/2008 8:16:20 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Hegemony Cricket

“All cultures are equal”

Does that include YOGURT?


28 posted on 04/11/2008 8:17:02 AM PDT by weegee (March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
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To: Froufrou

Not a bad trade...


29 posted on 04/11/2008 9:26:51 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: JRios1968

The yak owner didn’t know any butter.


30 posted on 04/11/2008 9:36:04 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

He still can’t believe it’s not butter.


31 posted on 04/11/2008 10:20:09 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: JRios1968

Butter to have loved and lust, than never to have lust at all.


32 posted on 04/11/2008 10:34:05 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

We all know the cream rises to the top


33 posted on 04/11/2008 11:02:37 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: JRios1968

And cherries go on top of the cream.


34 posted on 04/11/2008 11:05:50 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: PGR88

Bill Clinton boards AF1 holding a goat under his arm.
Clinton to Marine - “Look what I got for Hillary”.
Marine - “Nice trade sir”.


35 posted on 04/11/2008 11:06:35 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Froufrou

Hmmmmm...


36 posted on 04/11/2008 11:10:00 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: PGR88

TTIWWPOTG!


37 posted on 04/11/2008 11:15:18 AM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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