We already knew that joking in line at an airport was a bad idea. Now we know that the line at the county clerk's office is a bad place to joke also:
A wedding was postponed after a woman said "no" as a joke when asked if she took her fiancé as her husband.
Despite protests from a now blushing bride, Tina Albrecht, 27, the officiating registrar in Steyr, Austria, cancelled the wedding for 10 weeks in line with local law.
Thanks to Improbable Research for the tip.
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