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Preventing Travel: Eating Your Wife's Passport

October 6, 2008 at 9:05 AM | 2 Comments

It sounds a bit like a "The dog ate my homework" excuse, but there's a woman in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia who can't travel at the moment because her ex-husband ate her passport.

After getting divorced but continuing to live in the same flat, Ivan Volokov decided to destroy his ex-wife's passport, the only thing left that proved she could live there. But he didn't burn it or flush it down the toilet--he tore it up and ate it.

We're wondering if we can try this excuse next time we forgetfully end up at the airport sans passport.

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[Photo: JeannieCool]

Relationships

All-Inclusive Package, Including Man

January 2, 2007 at 10:00 AM | 0 Comments

The holiday season can be a common time to end relationships. That's an especially big problem if you've also got an expensive holiday booked. And that's the problem facing 39-year-old "insurance expert" Adam in England, who was dumped shortly before his planned (and self-paid) expensive, 5-star romantic holiday in Jamaica.

But Adam's not one to lose out on the cash (he works in insurance, remember) and he decided to auction off his ex-girlfriend's half of the trip on eBay. His fine print says "The only catch is you have to come with me." Apparently some seventy bidders so far have thought that won't be a problem, and the auction doesn't even end until January 6. While he's really only looking for a way not to lose too much money, who knows what the end result will be: remember the Croatian who married the girl who fit best into his ex-fiance's wedding dress? Have fun in Jamaica, Adam and auction-winner!

[Photo: Dan65]

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· If The Dress Fits, Marry Her [Jaunted]

Relationships

If The Dress Fits, Marry Her

November 2, 2006 at 8:56 AM | 0 Comments

Time for another lesson in marriage proposals the Eastern European way. In Serbia, we know men make wedding proposals by spelling out their request with taxis. A bit further east in Romania, one man recently used a Cinderella-style proposal when his fiancée dropped him four days before the wedding: he announced in his hometown that he'd marry whichever girl fitted into the wedding dress!

He's now recommending this to all the local men as the way to find the love of their lives, after the new bride turned out to be a perfect match for him. So let's get some bridal travel going: head to the Malu Mare commune in Dolj country, Southeastern Romania, and attend a few wedding gown fitting sessions until you find your Romanian Prince Charming. It's gotta have a success rate at least as good as speed dating.

[Photo: JumpinJack]

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· Jilted Groom Finds Fitting New Bride [Ananova]
· Asking For Her Hand ... [Jaunted]

Serbia

Asking for Her Hand in Holy Matrimony and a Ride Across Town

September 12, 2006 at 9:15 AM | 0 Comments

This week we have to go as far as Serbia to find the world's most romantic man. His name is Vujadin and he hails from sunny Arandjelovac (famous for a spa and "pleasing hills"), a short drive south-east of Belgrade.

Vujadin had the original idea of paying a bunch of cab drivers to each paint a letter on their vehicle and drive up to his girlfriend's house--in the correct order. The letters spelled udaj se za mene, or "marry me" in Serbian.

These kind of public marriage proposals are all a bit risky--look at what happens to people who propose at Yankee Stadium, where fans are likely to shout "Say no!"--but luckily for this son of Arandjelovac, the gal said yes. And now, all twelve of those Serbian taxis now have an inexplicable letter painted on their side.

[Image via moriza/Flickr]

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Lovestruck Serb Proposes Marriage Using Taxis [All Headline News]

Ships

Running the Relation-Ship Aground

May 3, 2006 at 12:25 PM | 0 Comments

Most men have an opinion on the relative quality of women drivers--we're staying out of this one, as we don't own a car--but Englishwoman Hannah Gutteridge is doing very little to improve the image of the female driver. She crashed and sunk her boyfriend's brand-new, $500,000 yacht into rocks off the coast of Dorset, England yesterday while her boyfriend was giving her a sailing lesson.

The boat capsized and the happy couple clung to those same rocks while they waited to be picked up by the English equivalent of the Coast Guard. One would hope that the rescuers brought along a couples counselor with them.

According to Hannah, her boyfriend (a stockbroker/Porsche driver/empty suit type) didn't  mind all that much about the wrecked boat. "He wasn't angry with me," she said. "He's not that kind of guy." From our experience, Stockbrokers who buy yachts and drive Porsches aren't materialistic at all, so she's a lucky woman. Next time, Hannah, maybe convince him to buy a speedboat? And whatever you do, don't take any flying lessons.

[Image via michaeeel/Flickr]

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