Wedding disaster

Another staff wedding was planned for last Sunday. Mohammed, one of our manual workers met formally with his girl friend’s family the previous week-end to arrange their engagement. “No need for that,” they said, “just marry her. And the dowry will be £60”. (Mohammed earns about that in a month) So he with about 10 mates from work got on the ferry Sunday morning to cross over to her home town, just by our international airport.

“The dowry is £1,000. Take it or leave it’” her family announced when Mohammed and friends arrived. “What?” he said, “No way I can find that kind of money.” So they all got back on the ferry crestfallen
This story, including the fact that the bride had two children by different men (and therefore had low dowry value!) was passed round the 400 people on the ferry in no time, and many came over to sympathise, including a bunch of the President’s followers (he had been on a flight that day). They said they would go back to that family and give them a hard time for such behaviour!