DesertFox
07-12-2007, 03:16 PM
The world's tallest man married a woman who's two-thirds his height and half his age, holding a traditional Mongolian ceremony today with great fanfare at the tomb of Kublai Khan.
http://mas.scripps.com/DRMN/2007/07/12/071207tall_o.jpg
Great big dude marries little bitty gal.
Actually, she's pretty standard sized,
but he ain't.
Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia, met his bride earlier this year after searching high and low, sending advertisements around the world. It turns out he didn't have to look far — 5-foot-6 saleswoman Xia Shujian hails from his hometown of Chifeng.
Bao wore a specially designed light blue gown topped with a gold vest, and rode to his bride's camp in front of the tomb in a cart pulled by two camels
More (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/world/article/0,1299,DRMN_32_5626045,00.html)
http://mas.scripps.com/DRMN/2007/07/12/071207tall_o.jpg
Great big dude marries little bitty gal.
Actually, she's pretty standard sized,
but he ain't.
Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia, met his bride earlier this year after searching high and low, sending advertisements around the world. It turns out he didn't have to look far — 5-foot-6 saleswoman Xia Shujian hails from his hometown of Chifeng.
Bao wore a specially designed light blue gown topped with a gold vest, and rode to his bride's camp in front of the tomb in a cart pulled by two camels
More (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/world/article/0,1299,DRMN_32_5626045,00.html)