FINALLY, SOMEONE HAS CLEARED THIS UP FOR ME
For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot on their foreheads.
Most of us have naively thought this was connected with marriage or religion, but the Indian Embassy has recently revealed the true story.
When a Hindu woman gets married, she brings a dowry into the union.
On her wedding night, the husband scratches off the dot to see whether he has won a grocery shop, a petrol station, a pharmacy or a newsagent.
If nothing is there, he must take a job in India answering telephones giving technical advice.