B-List

Divorce is a serious matter, but sometimes the reasons for it can be amusing,
as this collection of news stories shows.

1. "Woman divorced for hit on pet dog"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_950286.html>
"A woman in China has been divorced for hiring four hitmen to kill her
 husband's pet dog"

2. "Man married wrong twin"
   <http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=iol1099000374612T500>
"A Romanian man is demanding a divorce after finding out he married the twin
 sister of the woman he fell in love with"

3. "Man divorces and sues wife over ugly past"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_967364.html>
"A Chinese man has divorced and sued his wife for £55,000 after discovering
 she'd had plastic surgery before they met"

4. "Groom finds bride is bald, wants divorce"
   <http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/07/1089000232618.html>
"A university professor in Helwan, south of Cairo, demanded a divorce after
 discovering on his wedding night that his bride was bald"

5. "Bryan Adams causes divorce...but it?s not what you think"
   <http://www.bmoviecentral.com/bmoviecentral/blog/index.php?p=449>
"Tina Shaw blames her ex-hubby for launching her love affair with Canadian
 rocker Bryan Adams.  So she was bit surprised when he then named the superstar
 in their divorce as a reason for the split"

6. "Wife divorces husband because of 'thunderous snores'"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_796462.html>

7. "Yemeni man seeks peace in second marriage"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200209/s679345.htm>
"A Yemeni man has reportedly divorced his first wife because she was loud and
 argumentative and then picked a deaf and mute woman as his new bride"

8. "Rows between mother and daughter-in-law drive man to seek divorce"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_975380.html>
"[A] judge refused, saying because he still loved his wife he must put up with
 the rows"

9. "Jordanian man divorces wife three times over phone bills"
   <http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-6-2004_pg9_7>
"A Jordanian man has divorced his wife for a third, and final, time in three
 years, accusing her of ruining him financially because she spent hours
 talking on the phone"

10. "Wedding photo sparked instant divorce"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_803918.html>
"A Saudi man divorced his wife immediately after the ceremony when his bride's
 brother insisted in taking a photograph of the newly married couple"

11. "A granny seeks divorce after husband's sex change"
   <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/02/content_335913.htm>
"A Chinese couple in their 80s are divorcing after the husband decided to have
 a sex change"

12. "Husband divorces wife over dreams"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_800126.html>
"The husband told a divorce court that a dream interpreter advised him a snake
 represents a lover, meaning his wife is cheating on him"

13. "Lotto win kills marriage"
   <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/01/21/320050-ap.html>
"Kenneth Parker, 77, filed for divorce last summer after learning his wife of
 16 1/2 years wasn't going to share her winnings"

14. "Inflatable doll leads to divorce"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1106176.html>
"The Romanian mother of two said she couldn't accept the idea of being cheated
 - even if her rival was an inflatable doll"

15. "Woman seeks divorce over Euro 2004 obsession"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_991468.html>
"A woman from London has asked her husband for a divorce because he's pre-
 occupied with Euro 2004"