14 January 2009

Eloping to Africa, courtesy of Harpers Weekly

A six-year-old boy and a five-year-old-girl were detained in Germany, on a train to the airport; they explained to police that they planned to fly to Africa to be married. The couple, disguised in sunglasses, had brought along several suitcases, a pink blow-up doll, swim fins, and the boy's seven-year-old sister, who planned to act as witness. "What struck us was that the little ones were completely on their own," said a police spokesman, "and that they had lots of swimming gear with them."

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