Dead Couple To Be Married

[matcom]

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African man who shot his pregnant fiance dead before killing himself will be posthumously married to her at the weekend.



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.


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, the Sowetan said.


"In African culture, there is no death -- there is merely the separation of body and soul," said cultural expert Mathole Motshekga. "It is also important because the families are married together."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=2&u=/nm/20040827/od_nm/odd_safrica_wedding_dc

[babylon_system]

1. Marriages, like funerals, are really for the relatives

Doesn't really matter what the dead bride wants.

[VOX]

2. I think the bride might have something to say about this...

If she could.

[demnan]

3. Well he didn't get out of that one

Did he?

Seriously, who in their right mind would do this? I wouldn't want to be buried next to the bastard who killed me.

[MikeG]

4. I heard Norman Bates wants to dance with the bride.

[underpants]

5. Timings all off you are dead AFTER you get married

Bad Up Bad!

[Kelli372]

6. Til death do us part....NOT

[nikatnyte]

7. A constitutional amendment is called for here

"Marriage should only be between a living man and a living woman" -- otherwise, this certainly will destroy that institution!

[GoBlue]

8. And of what sweet memories they will be

'...family and friends wanted to remember them as a happy couple destined for a happy life together.'

Who will catch the bridal bouquet?

[guitar man]

9. geez

<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.>

So they have Republicans in South Africa too. They'll remember the tragedy of this couple the way the pubs will remember the tragedy that was the * administration.