Your daughter for 200 camels?!?

Mary from New Smyrna Beach, FL, where I'm lecturing before going to Egypt, told me a story about her cousin who worked in Zimbabwe for a year. When her dad, Bob, came to visit, they went to eat in a cafe. Several men approached and offered Bob 200 camels in exchange for his daughter. Bob asked how they were going to get 200 camels. The spokesman replied that several villages were going together. Then Bob asked how he was going to get 200 camels back to the US. The men were stumped. Bob left with his daughter. Mary added, "She is very pretty."