Edwin Blanton’s FB post (“The fact that you can’t sell your daughter for three goats and a cow means we have already redefined marriage”) reminds me of something that happened to an ex-colleague from the film company in London.
Back in the 70s, Andy and his then-girlfriend went to Turkey on holiday. A local man approached him and offered one camel for his blonde girlfriend. Andy was furious and told him, in no uncertain terms, to go away.
The next day, the man approached Andy again and upped his offer to two camels. He’d misinterpreted Andy’s outrage as indignation at the initial offer of one camel being too low.
(Turkey, 1970s)
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