Austria
Couple Jilted at altar after wedding vow joke backfires

When a bride jokingly answered “no” instead of “yes” when asked if she wanted to marry her husband-to-be, the official performing the civil wedding promptly broke off the ceremony.

Not even the bride’s sobs could reverse the decision, and the couple has to wait 2 1/2 months before they could give it another shot, the Austrian newspaper Oberoesterreichischen Nachrichten reported yesterday.

Article printed in Toronto Star
on Saturday, January 6, 2007