What would you pay for Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage?
Posted by drocolate on August 7th, 2009
Back in the year 2000, a Kenyan man named Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor (strong name) wrote to Bill Clinton and made him an offer:
40 goats and 20 cows in exchange for his daughter Chelsea’s hand in marriage.
I can only assume that Bill’s response got lost in the mail because Mr. Chepkurgor never heard back. He gave up hope and moved on. He married a Kenyan woman and put all of his Stanford sweatshirts back on the shelf.
He had almost totally give up hope when last week, during the first leg of current Secretary of State (and current mom to Chelsea Clinton) Hillary Clinton’s tour of Africa, word of the proposal was brought back up. And this time there was no icy cold shoulder. Instead, Hillary responded right away:
“My daughter is her own person. I will convey this very kind offer…”
HOLY SHIT! SUCCESS! And as an added bonus Mr. Chepkurgor said his current wife is totally cool with him going after Chelsea. This dude can’t lose! In fact, he’s feeling so confident he said this:
“I feel very good for her [Mrs. Clinton] to have answered — almost in the affirmative…”
YEAH! AFFIRMATIVE! Chelsea is SO going to marry this dude. And Bill Clinton will dine on milk and cheese until the end of time.
But enough about Mr. Chepkurgor, I want to know what YOU would pay for Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage.
Let me know in the comments.
Tags: Africa, barter, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, trade
As long as the price includes one free rescue from a tyrannical regime by Bill Clinton, I’d pay up to $250 and all of my Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen vinyl albums.