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ADEREMI'S NOTEBOOK

17 March 2004

Bride Price or Donkey

An desperate Afghan soldier had quick one with a donkey since he could not afford to pay any bride price (roughly £1,650).

The soldier, who was not identified, was detained for several days last week after a young boy spotted him with the animal in an abandoned house in the southeastern town of Gardez.
“The man insisted he had no other choice but the donkey because he could not afford to pay a dowry to get married,” a local police officer told Reuters.
The man had since been released without charge, he said

Must remind self to speak to bank manager to setup an account to start saving money for bride price.

Tags: Humor

Comments (6)

Simisola Maiyegun — March 17th, 2004 at 9am

That’s really sickening! I can’t believe people will go out of their ways to do disgusting things like that in this day & age for that matter.

How body, my brother? How’s school & things generally? U don’t blog regularly anymore, abi se na work plenty like that?

Remi March 17th, 2004 at 10am

My Work load at work has increased but I will try to keep up. How are you doing?

Simi — March 19th, 2004 at 8am

I’m not too bad too o, i thank God for everything. Work dey a bit slow for me here but i’m still grateful all the same. I’m preparing to go to Naija for a month after over 7 yrs in the white man’s country. I can’t wait, I’m going in less than 2 wks time. :)

nk March 21st, 2004 at 11am

what kind of response would be suitable to this.. gosh!!

Seun Osewa March 21st, 2004 at 10pm

Hi, Aderemi, I really like the layout of your site. How do I do something like this?

Oh, and by the way, what’s the average bride price these days?

Remi March 22nd, 2004 at 7am

Simi, enjoy your holiday
nk, exactly my reaction
Seun, Thanks. I used CSS as well HTML for site design. My inspiration came from the http://www.cssvault.com which showcases a load of different sites and has several articles on how to do different tricks with HTML and CSS.
As for bride price, I believe it is all relative. The worst case I have in mind is £10,000 which excludes all the lavish gifts and the marriage ceremony - As a student, it is not looking good.

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