# 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:** 2
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/21 "2010-06-16T19:12:46Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > because it was secretly a beautiful woman flirting with him. Not sure if that is pertinent to the ceremony. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/22 "2010-06-16T19:22:48Z")
They drowned the cow? Thatā€™s despicable! Talk about blaming the victim. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/23 "2010-06-16T20:01:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Not sure if that is pertinent to the ceremony. > šŸ™‚ True. But maybe they have a different ceremony for the non-flirty ones. ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/24 "2010-06-16T20:05:08Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > True. But maybe they have a different ceremony for the non-flirty ones. Yeah, they burn them at the steak rather than drown them. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/25 "2010-06-16T20:44:15Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > Iā€™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. Makes me wonder how many human females in that village would be Panama City Beach contestants so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/26 "2010-06-16T20:49:23Z")
I canā€™t find the ā€œKarl Pilkington contributed to this storyā€ but I know itā€™s in there somewhereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/27 "2010-06-16T23:05:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Apparently to wash the sin out of the village. :rolleyes: > > Is it bad of me that I was immediately grateful it wasnā€™t a story out of India for once? Well, if it was in India they certainly wouldnā€™t have drowned the cow. Just what would be the penalty for sex with a sacred animal? Interesting Factoid The Talmud also calls for the killing of any animal involved in bestiality. The reasoning is that others may think ā€˜If he screwed that goat, it must be something special.ā€™ and be tempted. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/28 "2010-06-16T23:07:17Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > Iā€™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. We canā€™t be sure that it happens often. Just that it happens often enough for somebody to make a rule about it- kind of like the ball getting caught in the catcherā€™s mask. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/29 "2010-06-16T23:08:34Z")
Jakarta, [Sudan](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4748292.stm)ā€¦ where will it end? Will we eventually see some poor kid have to tie the knot with a rhinoceros? I demand government action! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/30 "2010-06-16T23:13:46Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Amazing what drunk horny guys will do. Yeah, it was no huggee no kissee till she heard those wedding vows. ---
**Author:** ![SevenOfTeemingMillions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@SevenOfTeemingMillions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SevenOfTeemingMillions)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/31 "2010-06-17T01:42:01Z")
At least the kid did not say another cowā€™s name during the ceremony. THAT would have been embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/32 "2010-06-17T01:43:14Z")
Sheā€™s going to turn into a real cow now that theyā€™re married. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/33 "2010-06-17T14:57:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > On a serious note, poor cow. First it gets raped and then it gets drowned. How, now? Drowned cow! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/34 "2010-06-17T15:10:28Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Well, if it was in India they certainly wouldnā€™t have drowned the cow. Just what would be the penalty for sex with a sacred animal? Uh. Iā€™m sure we have penalties against bestiality. Iā€™m not sure if itā€™s something special with the cowā€¦and I donā€™t really think I want to know. > [@](#): > > Interesting Factoid > > The Talmud also calls for the killing of any animal involved in bestiality. The reasoning is that others may think ā€˜If he screwed that goat, it must be something special.ā€™ and be tempted. It reminds me of one of my favorite skits of Mr. lewis Black: ā€œA man comes to the rabbi with a camel. ā€˜I met her in the desert. And she looked at me, in that special way.ā€™ā€ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/35 "2010-06-17T15:44:54Z")
Boy screws cow. Boy marries cow. Cow drowned in ocean as punishment for seducing boy. Boy now widower, and free to move on. Thatā€™s bullshit, man. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/36 "2010-06-17T16:26:11Z")
ā€œJakarta?ā€ ā€œNo, she walked to the wedding herself.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/37 "2010-06-17T16:31:27Z")
Thereā€™s got to be a ā€œThat boy is full of bullā€ joke in this somewhere. ---
**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 17, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/38 "2010-06-17T17:54:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Thereā€™s got to be a ā€œThat boy is full of bullā€ joke in this somewhere. Well, it seems he was horny, at the very leastā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/39 "2010-06-17T18:24:04Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Jakarta, [Sudan](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4748292.stm)ā€¦ where will it end? Will we eventually see some poor kid have to tie the knot with a rhinoceros? I demand government action! ā€œIn his defense, the boy pointed to the rhinoceros and said it was horny.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440/40 "2010-06-17T19:38:22Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > They drowned the cow? Thatā€™s despicable! Talk about blaming the victim. Dressed like that? She had it coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-marries-cow/543440.md?page=3)