20070209 - you learn something new;
you learn something new everytime you go for greek lessons (duh). but this new thing i learnt is really interesting/funny/ridiculous/hilarious/downright stupid. it's bout the marriage making sessions in Babylon of long ago. yes you read right, marriage sessions.
k so this is how it goes;
every once in awhile, all the women in Babylon who are of age (i'm guessing 18/21? the professor didn't get into specifics) gather in the town square or something. that includes the rich and the poor girls, because the cities back then were divided into the rich and poor. so yeah, other than the girls, allll the single men in the country will gather as well, and there'll be this auctioneer there. any wild guesses what happens?
yup! the people bid for the girls! and obviously, the pretty/hot ones get snapped up first. and usually it's the rich who get them, cos you gotta bid high to get what you want right? who doesn't want a hot/sexy wife if you have the means to get one? so that leaves us with the ugly girls...what happens?!??! well..instead of paying for the ugly girls, the auctioneer will OFFER the girls + money to the remaining single men! The aim of the game: whoever accepts the lowest price for the ugly girl can have the the girl as his wife!
*&#$%*&^&*$~!__#)*%
apparently the cash is in recompense for having a butt ugly wife. balances things up. talk about weird huh? speaking of weird, anna nicole smith's dead. hmm. owells. weekend's here!
"thanks for the memories even though they weren't so great" - Fall Out Boy
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