Devastating The Obvious

  • the courtship at mala*

    Posted: July 25, 2008, 2:40 pm by dobvious

    * due to influences the place is referred to by some  as mara

    The uncles were here in their droves , gobbling  bottles of malted barley that was not so easily obtained from the army canteen across the road and groaning to old tunes that reminded us of the 45’s of days gone by . It was really a good day by their estimations - to get to relive their prime , Nothing could match that . The aunties from the bride’s side were however not in an upbeat mood as such for they could not fathom why there was need for such a discord  .It was now  almost a four hour wait , a standstill that was occasioned by the misunderstanding as to what metric was to be used in calculating the standard bride price of sixteen cows and a bull.

    With the shilling proving to be a rather ineffective barometer some argued that perhaps it would be better to return to the old ways and have a cow stand in for a cow .Instead of having these long sessions of metrics and confusion . Though this proved to be an even sharper thorn in the ankle when another debate ignited as to which breed of cow was to be used. One even volunteered to generously give them in pairs for he knew of a place and a certain pastrolist , roughly four hundred and twenty five miles from there who was more than willing to discard his herd at any price . Some - definately  suffering from the effect of the  froth mess even suggested that a cow be equated to the share price of the recently  public listed company - that way they said they would never operate at a loss since from their investment intelligence they were sure that it was sure to head north .

    Still they could not come to an understanding .

    He was clearly bored by the whole time drag - at this point he wondered to himself . Did he really need all this . Or was he better off in a far away land where all that was needed was just four cows and 4 drums of honey or that place famous for producing   the atheletes of the other kind - two goats and a bottle of moonshine ? .

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