Although I know it is not nice to make light of different handicaps, when kids get there first tooth late I refer to them as dentally retarded. Yeah, the joke is funny the first time but most people get tired of it quickly – same as most of my jokes.
Turns out that dental retardation is a good thing. Take the case of Sagula, a young Indian who the local villagers though was in dire danger of being attacked by wild animals. And why did the villagers think poor Sagula was at risk? Because the boy, who is under two years old, grew a tooth on his upper gum and the people of the Munda tribe see such a growth in young children as a bad omen and believe it makes them prone to attacks by tigers and other animals. Ever wonder why India didn’t have an empire?
So what do the local tribesmen do to protect poor Sagula? Offer him protection? Nope. Give him a can of pepper spray? Nope. MARRY HIM TO HIS NEIGHBOUR’S DOG??? Yep! Makes you kind of wonder why there are soooo many of them. If animal marriage is a protection, you would expect fewer babies, or maybe more {en: Concepts in the Wheel of Time series|trollocs}.
“We performed the marriage because it will overcome any curse that might fall on the child as well on us,” the boy’s father, Sanarumala Munda, was quoted as saying by a local newspaper. Okay… where was the mother? Can we say parent of the year here? C’mon guys, face it. Keep this story bookmarked, and no matter what you do you can never be this big of a goof. “Listen Honey, I am sorry the kids had cake for every meal while you were away, but at least I didn’t make them marry local pets like Sanarumy did!”
Now before someone starts complaining that I am being culturally insensitive, too freaking bad! Just because it is part of someone’s culture does not make it OK. So making your child marry a local dog – regardless of the reason and/or the God’s you are trying to appease is fucked up.
Timmy out.
Well, there have been a few changes at www.reallystupidsite.com over the last week. One of the changes is that we now have an official mascot. Please welcome Dumb, he’s an ass. Of course, that makes him the www.reallystupidsite.com Dumb Ass. I wanted to make the site a bit more homey, so I figured every good home need a pet, and now the Stupid Heads have Dumb. I hope that you like him.