You couldn't make it up dept. no.61: When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade

Anyone who ever attended an Indian or Pakistani wedding knows that they are monumental events, with guests in the thousands and bride and groom dressed (and behaving) like a king and queen. Except that in a wedding that took place in a village in Bihar state recently, the prospective "king" fell rather short of expectations. He turned up at his own wedding ceremony drunk to the eyeballs and quite incapable. Both families were about to suffer a fearful public humiliation - until, somehow, the bride decided or was convinced to accept the groom's younger brother, who was stone cold sober and very willing to take over his brother's burden.

The culprit later apologized to all the assembled guests for bringing shame on them, and swore he would never marry.

The return of the Crazy Character Meme!

Last seen in these columns about a year ago!

1)I will make a list of 15 characters first, and keep it to myself for the moment. (That way I're not leading the questions asked to fit the characters.)

2) My F-list can propose story ideas in the comments.

For example:

"4, 6, 12 & 15 are starting a band together, what is their name and what kind of music do they play? Also, who's the lead singer, and what instruments do the others play?"

3) After you lot have asked enough questions, I shall answer them using the 15 selected characters, and then post them.

Note: most characters are apt to be from the Marvel universe, Star Trek, BtVS and even my own (which you can see in two stories I published in FA: Harry Potter and the Silver Angel and Hermione Granger and the Nundu.