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Re: Think This Guy will be Women's Lib's MAN OF THE YEAR ???

To: Ferguson Bruce <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Think This Guy will be Women's Lib's MAN OF THE YEAR ???
From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:13:37 -0600
Think the National Geographic will have pictures?

Wes

On Sep 1, 2005, at 12:23 PM, FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:

>
> THE COFFEE BREAK - Thursday, September 1, 2005  
>
> For his next queen, who will become his 13th wife, King  
> Mswati III of Swaziland has a pick of 50,000 virgins who  
> presented themselves at a topless parade.  
> The portly 37-year-old monarch seemed pleased after viewing  
> the bevy of teenage "flowers" at the Monday Umhlanga, or  
> the Reed Dance, annual festivities. Swaziland ranks as the  
> country with the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS  
> infection.  
> The girls danced, twirled and pounded the earth outside  
> the royal kraal, proclaiming their willingness to become  
> the wife of the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan  
> Africa, Britain's Telegraph reported.  
> "We are happy, we are healthy and we are alone," sang  
> thousands of tuneful, high-pitched voices. "We are the  
> flowers of the Swazi people."  
> King Mswati has 27 children from his 12 wives. The  
> Umhlanga is the highlight of Swaziland's traditional  
> calendar. Every chief in the country of 1.17 million  
> people dispatches a group of teenage virgins to the royal  
> kraal.  
> "It's as if the girls are going on an auction sale with  
> the king picking," said Mario Masuku, leader of the  
> banned opposition party.  
> The king will pick his new queen after further review of  
> the video of the festivities.  
> What are your thoughts on King Mswati having virgins  
> presented themselves at a topless parade?  
> Remember you can comment on any story or read comments  
> by visiting: http://blogs.gophercentral.com/coffee.html  
>                See you at the water cooler,   Jeanie  
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