now thats wild Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > "Two German children - aged five and six - have been stopped by police from > eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say. > > The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing > costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport. > > They even had the presence of mind to invite along an official witness - > Anna-Lena's seven-year-old sister. > > The three got as far as Hanover railway station before police intervened. > > The young couple were "very much in love" and had decided to get married in > Africa "where it is warm", police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP > news agency. > > Sun-seekers > > The idea for the getaway wedding was born as the children's families > celebrated New Year's eve together and Mika regaled the two girls with > stories of a recent holiday to Italy. > > The following morning, as their parents slept, the intrepid trio walked 1km > (0.6 miles) to the local tram station at Langenhagen, where they hopped > aboard a tram for Hanover central station. > > But the group aroused the suspicion of a guard as they waited for a train to > the airport, and police were called in. > > Officers persuaded the children they would not get far without tickets and > money, but consoled them with a free tour of the police station, where they > were shortly picked up by relieved parents. > > Although any marriage plans have been put on hold for now, police did not > altogether rule out the possibility of an African wedding. > > "They can still put their plan into action at a later date," AFP quoted the > spokesman as saying. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/7811686.stm " > > > Awwww... :-) > > Good of the police to save Mika from perhaps the biggest mistake of his > life!! > ^_^ > *chuckle* > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283877 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
