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  • 112 year old marries 17 year old

    Wow this is bizarre....

    Aj

    http://news.aol.com/article/112-year...hamed%2F744342

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    Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

    He gets it, she gets it all in the end. Sounds like a win win situation here. Patience is the key here.
    Life is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.

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      Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

      Originally posted by craigwatanabe View Post
      He gets it, she gets it all in the end. Sounds like a win win situation here. Patience is the key here.
      She gets everything,...but maybe true happiness? Anna Nicole Smith's life story is a sad testament to that.
      This post may contain an opinion that may conflict with your opinion. Do not take it personal. Polite discussion of difference of opinion is welcome.

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      • #4
        Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

        Originally posted by Frankie's Market View Post
        She gets everything,...but maybe true happiness? Anna Nicole Smith's life story is a sad testament to that.
        True but at 17, she'll get over it soon enough.
        Life is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.

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        • #5
          Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

          Hey now folks, he is a Somali villager, with 5 other wives (2 still living), and 114 children and grandchildren. I really doubt the new bride is in it for the "money".
          Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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          • #6
            Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old
            This is the Somali version of getting a new washing machine.

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            • #7
              Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

              Originally posted by Amati View Post
              Hey now folks, he is a Somali villager, with 5 other wives (2 still living), and 114 children and grandchildren. I really doubt the new bride is in it for the "money".
              So she's doing it for "love.". Yeah, sure!
              Last edited by Frankie's Market; October 30, 2009, 05:44 PM.
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              • #8
                Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

                I wonder how they verified that he's 112 years old. The story wouldn't be nearly as salaciously interesting if he was "just" 80 or 90 years old.

                This is not some exotic foreign custom. In early 20th-century America, young women were occasionally encouraged to marry elderly Civil War veterans. The idea was that they'd have a roof over their heads and food on the table while providing geriatric care to a man whose only income might have been his disability pension. When he died (and it wasn't usually a very long marriage) she'd get his survivor benefits pension. The U.S. was paying Civil War pensions all the way to the 21st century.

                http://www.answers.com/topic/civil-war-pensions
                http://www.radiodiaries.org/transcri.../civilwar.html
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                • #9
                  Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

                  A reporter asked the 112 year old man if it would be dangerous to his heart when they have sex. He replied, "If she dies, she dies" in a Somali accent.

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                  • #10
                    Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

                    Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View Post
                    A reporter asked the 112 year old man if it would be dangerous to his heart when they have sex. He replied, "If she dies, she dies" in a Somali accent.
                    badumbum (rimshot)

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                    • #11
                      Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

                      Originally posted by Frankie's Market View Post
                      So she's doing it for "love.". Yeah, sure!
                      Well, I suppose you FM might think it is for love. But, I'd lean more towards it being due to perhaps some sort of Somali cultural status or security, etc, which would be valid for them regardless of my lack of education on their village customs.
                      Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                      • #12
                        Re: 112 year old marries 17 year old

                        Hey! Maybe all she needs to do is talk dirty to him. I mean, c'mon, man! Ever seen a hard prune?

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