Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Weird courtship and marriage stories.



The countess of Newburgh rejected more 15 proposals by Charles Redclyffe an earl.
She was so frustrated if him she ordered her entire staff to lock all the doors so no one could get in. Earl, madly in love found out another way , he went through the chimney and proposed to her for the 16th time and this time she felt obliged to accept.

That was the before part of a marriage story , check this one out.
In Nepal, Narikot women must wash their mother in laws feet as a sign of respect before each meal. And then their is the love of their life, their husband who they have to also wash their feet but drink the dirty water from it afterwards. In prize for all that Narikot woman are allowed to carry their husband's burden.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Love, Hate


An 85 year old Sicilian, Evaristo Bertone stabbed his wife Adriana in the shoulder when he saw a love letter for her. The old lad had forgotten he had wrote it back when he was young and in love. Though Adriana forgave him, she said he has very poor eyesight. There is an old proverb , love hurts, i guess it's true.

Another love related story..

In the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo, the city was suffering from water shortage but the idiotic chief of the fire departement sprayed 5000 gallons of cold water on couples having a good time in the city park. He said the couples were having ' nefarious activities'.