I was sitting in McDonalds in Danville, IL on Tuesday and was watching the news. As I relished in the delightfully crispy texture of my Italy-shaped McNuggets, and the incredible sweet-and-sourness of my Sweet 'n Sour sauce, I took in the news that was playing on the TV across the room.
There is a guy in Greenfield, California, who sold his 14 year old daughter to an 18 year old man for, and I'm not even making this up, $16,000, 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade, two cases of wine, and six cases of meat. That's apparently the going rate for teenage girls, who knew?
BUT, the story doesn't end there. Right, as if this guy isn't dumb enough already.
When the groom failed to hold up his end of the bargain (apparently it is difficult for an 18 YEAR OLD to get ahold of $16,000, 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade, two cases of wine and six cases of meat; imagine that, someone underage not being able to afford or get his hands on 160 cases of beer and 2 cases of wine!!!!), the father called the police saying that his daughter had run away.
The police caught up with the young couple, who, though they were "engaged" and not yet married, had already consumated the marriage. Yeah, and now the "husband-to-be" is also facing statutory rape charges.
Now apparently it is not uncommon for people from the Oaxacan culture of Mexico to sell their children for marriage, but last I checked, Greenfield, California is a part of the United States, and not Mexico. What a strange, strange world we live in...
And this brings to mind the following clip, which I recently saw on SNL's sports special regarding another dumb criminal (note: this happened prior to his arrest on dogfighting charges). I was going to embed the video, but it was not possible, and I couldn't find another link to it. Funny stuff...
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