Indian bride walks out of wedding when groom fails math test

[malaise]

http://news.yahoo.com/groom-fails-math-test-indian-bride-walks-wedding-065433753.html
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NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said Friday.

The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out.

The question she asked: How much is 15 plus six?

His reply: 17.

The incident took place late Wednesday in Rasoolabad village near the industrial town of Kanpur in northern Uttar Pradesh state, local police officer Rakesh Kumar said Friday.

The groom's family tried persuading the bride to return, but she refused. She said the groom had misled them about his education.

"The groom's family kept us in the dark about his poor education," said Mohar Singh, the bride's father. "Even a first grader can answer this."

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Till math do us part. n/t

[Jefferson23]

5. lol

I think that is a DUzy.

[malaise]

11. Well it could be a math test or a means test

Take your pick

[Baitball Blogger]

2. It could have been math anxiety.

On the other hand, maybe he was clever and didn't want to marry her in the first place.

[Cerridwen]

3. Arranged marriage? If so, the groom's family appears to have lied. Contract broken. n/t

[riderinthestorm]

4. Expect more of this as India's gender imbalance grows wider.

female infanticide has consequences...

[ksoze]

6. At least it wasn't the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow

[FSogol]

7. African or European?

[Nye Bevan]

8. Years ago I was left standing at the altar when my fiancee asked me to integrate ln(x),

and I couldn't do it.

Apparently the trick is to treat it as 1.ln(x) and integrate by parts.

[PADemD]

9. LOL

[malaise]

10. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh

[LeftinOH]

12. The bride didn't want to marry an idiot. That's a simple

enough question for a grown-up to answer.