Couple weds at Wal Mart - really.

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Love blooms in Wal-Mart aisle Sat Oct 6, 3:17 PM ET

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, wedding in lawn and garden.

Employees Chet Eldridge and Danna Hornback tied the knot Thursday amid the retailer's flowers, shrubs and lawn chairs.

Eldridge, 51, an automotive manager, and Hornback, 45, an arts and crafts associate, met during the store's employee orientation. She agreed to their first date in the furniture section. After the couple became engaged, a manager suggested they exchange vows at the store.

"We met here; he asked me out here. Why not?" Hornback said.

The only unexpected turn occurred when the familiar "Attention Wal-Mart shoppers" announcement over the public address system broke into the ceremony.

After the couple was pronounced husband and wife, the cheers could be heard in customer service on the other side of the store.

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Love blooms in Wal-Mart aisle Sat Oct 6, 3:17 PM ET



SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, wedding in lawn and garden.

Employees Chet Eldridge and Danna Hornback tied the knot Thursday amid the retailer's flowers, shrubs and lawn chairs.

Eldridge, 51, an automotive manager, and Hornback, 45, an arts and crafts associate, met during the store's employee orientation. She agreed to their first date in the furniture section. After the couple became engaged, a manager suggested they exchange vows at the store.

"We met here; he asked me out here. Why not?" Hornback said.

The only unexpected turn occurred when the familiar "Attention Wal-Mart shoppers"

announcement over the public address system broke into the ceremony.

After the couple was pronounced husband and wife, the cheers could be heard in customer service on the other side of the store.
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YAY! May they experience a lifetime of enlightenment and security.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071006/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wal_mart_wedding

[Turbineguy]

1. There's a certain poignancy

to that. Now let's hope they win the Powerball or something.

[Snarkoleptic]

2. Jeebus

[Swamp Rat]

9. Mrs. Moran:

:D

[TomInTib]

3. Only in America...

And they happily retired to watch reruns of The Roseanne Barr Show while drinking copious amounts of Bud Lite for the duration of their honeymoon in Atlantic City.

[emilyg]

7. or went shopping at K-Mart.

[BlueJazz]

4. The Manager also said: Ah..You people know I have to dock your pay for...

...lost time on the job plus the rental of the Garden Area.
The Bill comes to $1273.67 but we'll take it out of your paychecks over time (4 weeks)..
Oh..and Congratulations !!

[Orrex]

5. Same thing happened in my town, not long ago

I noticed a big commotion near the back of the store, and periodic bursts of applause could be heard as well. Eventually I asked two employees who'd come from that area what was going on, and they informed that two employees were getting married.

"Where are they registered?" I couldn't help asking.

"Target," replied one of the workers, to her considerable credit IMO.

[Bozita]

6. "Target" ... That's hilarious.

[Orrex]

8. Yeah!

And I thought that I was being clever.

[Sherman A1]

10. Hey, their wedding.... their choice.

Not my idea of what I would want, but whatever.............

[mwb970]

11. I got married in a library once.

The marriage lasted 10 years.

[Snarkturian Clone]

12. These are some classy people NT

[rucky]

13. This is the next town east of me.

It was only a matter of time.

(help)

[malaise]

14. I trust the marriage will last as long as most

Walmart appliances. :shrug:

[Vidar]

15. Life imitates art. There was a fictional movie on this 5 or 10

years ago, though the name escapes me.