I find it odd, though, that the name of the bride and groom are not mentioned in the story.
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Remember Rachel Bird and Gideon Codding, the spoiled, petulant little whiners who wanted their state issued marriage license to call them "bride and groom"?
Due to our incredibly crappy economy, there has been a change in the advertising policies at ScienceBlogs recently. Which leads me to ask, what do you think of those Russian Brides ads that are popping up here recently?
It was a sixties-style wedding, only 20 people including the Baptist minister and the bride and groom. I was there with my friend.
What is it about Elsa Lanchester and The Bride of Frankenstein? She's the "it" girl of the 20th century, and here's a whole gallery of Bride images. I have a favorite, for some reason.
Having been to Austria, seems about right. No really, it was a nice place to visit. Someone was a bit to officious.
A link to the English language translation of the original story is at the Improbable Research web site
http://www.improbable.com
It has the names of both the bride and the groom.
The real treat is the name of the newspaper--Oberoesterreichischen Nachrichten.
That should be Oberösterreichischen Nachrichten, though. The article: http://www.nachrichten.at/lokal/oesterreich/506441?PHPSESSID=38e3f9c782…
Hey, at least they're using a "no means no" standard. If I understand the article correctly (my German is pretty shaky), the rule is intended to prevent a family from pressuring an unwilling person into marrying...though one rather hopes that most such cases are caught sometime before they get to the standing at the altar stage. In short, this does seem to be the same sort of situation as a TSA official who is, IIRC, legally obliged to take a bomb threat seriously, no matter how clearly it was meant as a joke or sarcastic remark.