This one writes itself

Posted on 08/18/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I know, I’m going for the cheap insult, but I’m sorry, this one’s a bit too funny to pass up. Besides, Arkansas has been made fun of since Mark Twain was writing, at least.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A law passed this year allows Arkansans of any age—even infants—to marry if their parents agree, and the governor may have to call a special session to fix the mistake, lawmakers said Friday.

The legislation was intended to establish 18 as the minimum age to marry but also allow pregnant teenagers to marry with parental consent, bill sponsor Rep. Will Bond said. An extraneous “not” in the bill, however, allows anyone who is not pregnant to marry at any age if the parents allow it.

“It’s clearly not the intent to allow 10-year-olds or 11-year-olds to get married,” Bond said. “The legislation was screwed up.”

The bill reads: “In order for a person who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age and who is not pregnant to obtain a marriage license, the person must provide the county clerk with evidence of parental consent to the marriage.”

Insert obligatory cousin joke here.

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3 Responses to This one writes itself

  1. Sabba Hillel says:
    08/18/2007 at 9:56 pm

    How early can a girl get pregnant?

    This says

    The normal age at which puberty starts in both boys and girls has dropped by about two years since the 19th century, to 14 for boys and 12 for girls. This is largely due to improved nutrition – onset of puberty is believed to be triggered by physical size. Another theory is that the epidemic of obesity is to blame.

    Absent fathers may be another cause. American researchers have found that biological fathers send out chemical signals that inhibit their daughters’ sexual maturity. Girls whose fathers had left home started their periods earlier.

    In Britain, it is now estimated that up to at least one in six children under ten is affected. Indeed, there is a belief that schoolgirls as young as six are entering puberty.

    This says the following (can you see the difference)? It makes it look as the added sentence is part of the original article.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=…

    By LOIS ROGERS Last updated at 09:13am on 8th August 2007

    Absent fathers may be another cause.

    American researchers have found that biological fathers send out chemical signals that inhibit their daughters’ sexual maturity. Girls whose fathers had left home started their periods earlier. (Zionist destruction of the institution of marriage can be blamed for this.)

  2. Alex Bensky says:
    08/19/2007 at 10:34 am

    “Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Rex,
    How did he get to be so complex?
    Killed his paw and married his maw–
    They don’t even do that in Arkansas.”

  3. Robert says:
    08/22/2007 at 6:51 am

    I hear Bill Clinton is moving back to Little Rock. No connection of course!

    Robert

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