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-Short Attention Span Theater-
bride and groom of doom
2004-08-30
A South African man who shot his pregnant fiance dead before killing himself will be posthumously married to her at the weekend.
When he sez "I do," that's gonna empty the hall PDQ...
Police Captain Mohale Ramatseba said David Masenta shot 25-year-old Mgwanini Molomo after a quarrel before turning the gun on himself. But Johannesburg's Sowetan newspaper said family and friends wanted to remember them as a happy couple destined for a happy life together.
"Like they had until he... ummm... blew her away."
The groom's corpse would be dressed in a cream suit and his bride's in a gown for the ceremony, at which a priest in the rural village of Ceres in Limpopo will bless the union before the two are buried after a two-week honeymoon in Jamaica, the Sowetan said. "In African culture, there is no death -- there is merely the separation of body and soul," said cultural expert Mathole Motshekga.
"... and the point where decomposition begins."
"It is also important because the families are married together. This does not mean the relationship has irretrievably broken down."
"Only that they're titzup."
Posted by:muck4doo

#8  Mucki's been all over this.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-30 6:25:47 PM  

#7  All the same I think I'll pass on the 'Kiss the Bride' part myself. Either during the ceremony or in the reception line...

What happens when they get to the 'till Death do us part' section?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-08-30 5:49:48 PM  

#6  Best man's speech is going to be a real side-splitter, I'll bet.

Depends on the progress of decomposition.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-08-30 5:26:08 PM  

#5  Best man's speech is going to be a real side-splitter, I'll bet.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-30 4:52:23 PM  

#4  How could the family of the "bride" have invited the murderer to become part of their family after her murder?

There are certainly sick folks in this world.
Posted by: jules 187   2004-08-30 4:51:10 PM  

#3  "This does not mean the relationship has irretrievably broken down."
It's just been put on hold... permanently.

I guess I can forget a thank you note for the toaster.
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-30 4:49:23 PM  

#2  who says the bride wants to marry him now??
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 4:49:18 PM  

#1  Oh, where to begin?

"In African culture, there is no death -- there is merely the separation of body and soul"

You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to.

"This does not mean the relationship has irretrievably broken down."

No, but the bride and groom soon will be.
Posted by: BH   2004-08-30 4:37:57 PM  

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