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September 11, 2007
Most definitely a gag
Kudos to Mike McGuff for pointing this out over at his blog. When I read it, I thought it was a typo. I clicked on the link and now I'm sure its a gag.
Apparently at MarryOurDaughter.com you can bid on your future wife... and I mean "future," because some of these daughters are like 13 and 14 years old. Surely, this can't really be happening in modern day America? For anywhere from around $5,000 to upwards of $100,000 you can marry a daughter of well-meaning parents intent on keeping them from getting into premarital trouble.
The testimonials are the funniest part of this whole parody. This one from happy sales-parent, Jack M.
"At first we were worried that Janine was too young to get married, but then her new husband bought her a house and a car and jewelry and the money we got let us buy a house for ourselves. Getting out of the trailer park at our age was the best thing that ever happened to us, and it’s all thanks to Marry Our Daughter!"
Come to think of it - whatever happened to the dowry? Shouldn't these little Midwestern trollops be coming with a dozen goats and a milk cow or something? It's probably all just a setup for the next Dateline NBC show - To Catch a Parent Selling Their Kid and the sequel To Catch an Old Dude Buying One. I love the Internet - haha.
Posted by CDogg at September 11, 2007 06:30 PM