# Boy marries cow. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440 "2010-06-16T17:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/1 "2010-06-16T17:33:50Z")
They take [bestiality](http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/national/teenager-passes-out-marrying-cow-he-had-sex-with/380095) seriously in Jakarta. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/2 "2010-06-16T17:37:06Z")
I’m sure the ceremony was mooving. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/3 "2010-06-16T17:40:09Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’m sure the ceremony was mooving. That was udderly horrible. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/4 "2010-06-16T17:55:25Z")
I’d like to quote some of my favorite parts: Lets start with the title. > [@](#): > > Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With Then theres: > [@](#): > > In his defence, Alit admitted to the act of bestiality but claimed the cow, which he believed was a young and beautiful woman, had wooed him with flattering compliments And finally, the tragic end to our love story: > [@](#): > > As part of the ceremony, Alit’s victim and new bride was drowned in ocean ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/5 "2010-06-16T18:00:47Z")
it was a forced marriage, i guess they were trying to make a moo point, after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/6 "2010-06-16T18:03:23Z")
I don’t see why this is news? According to my uncle (four marriages, four divorces) all guys marry cows. 😃 I kid, I kid. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/7 "2010-06-16T18:15:49Z")
Oh boy, I wonder how long we can milk this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/8 "2010-06-16T18:19:23Z")
Wow, a bridegroom, newlywed and widower all in one day. sniff… ---
**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/9 "2010-06-16T18:19:50Z")
If only it were a shotgun marriage, could’ve saved money on the reception dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/10 "2010-06-16T18:20:16Z")
On a serious note, poor cow. First it gets raped and then it gets drowned. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/11 "2010-06-16T18:30:14Z")
From the article: _It is unclear whether or not he got to say “I do.”_ Did he say “I Moo” instead? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/12 "2010-06-16T18:30:38Z")
Yes, that’s certainly a legitimate beef. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/13 "2010-06-16T18:32:04Z")
**SKReW MoR CHiKiN** ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/14 "2010-06-16T18:32:38Z")
Was the cow killed? If so…what was the point of the ceremony? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/15 "2010-06-16T18:39:18Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **SKReW MoR CHiKiN** I was trying to think of a punny comment of my own and then I saw this and gave up. I can’t stop giggling. Once again I am reminded why lieu is one of my Doper crushes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/16 "2010-06-16T18:56:17Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Was the cow killed? If so…what was the point of the ceremony? Apparently to wash the sin out of the village. :rolleyes: Is it bad of me that I was immediately grateful it wasn’t a story out of India for once? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/17 "2010-06-16T19:02:33Z")
Amazing what drunk horny guys will do. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/18 "2010-06-16T19:04:09Z")
It’s nice when the village comes together on your behalf like that – I can think of at least one cow I’ve woken up with that wanted drowning. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/19 "2010-06-16T19:06:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With Typical male, what with the commitment issues. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/20 "2010-06-16T19:10:22Z")
I’m trying to wrap my head around the fact that this happens often enough that there is a whole ceremony designed _specifically_ for when someone has had sex with a cow because it was secretly a beautiful woman flirting with him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440.md?page=2)