From http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/07/10/marrycow.shtml:
Russian Farmer Asks Putin’s Permission to Marry Cow
Created: 10.07.2006 16:37 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:05 MSK, 6 hours 1 minute ago
MosNews
A young Russian farmer from the small village in Kemerovo region (South Siberia) has asked President Vladimir Putin to allow him to marry a cow, the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily reported Monday.
“All girls have left our small village and moved to the city, so I cannot find a woman to be with. But I see the solution to the problem. I love animals very much and want to ask you when it will be allowed in Russia, as it is in Holland, to marry domestic animals?” his question to Putin reads.
The farmer’s question was one of the 160, 000 questions Russians asked Putin during the Thursday web cast.
Strange....
tdk