>From today's paper: (I swear I am NOT making this up). I would understand
better if a Triumph were involved:
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Saturday, March 6, 1999
MAN ATTEMPTS TO MARRY CAR BUT IS REJECTED
Knoxville, TN (USA) (AP) - Many men have had love affairs with their
cars. Buster Mitchell wanted to make it official.
Jilted by his girlfriend, a bereft Mitchell decided he wanted to marry
his true love: his 1996 Mustang GT.
"I've been broken-hearted and hung out to dry, so I am going to the
courthouse and try to marry my car," Mitchell said before trying to get a
marriage license Thursday.
Mitchell, 28, didn't get very far in the application before the clerk
dashed his dreams. Only men and women can marry under Tennessee law,
officials explained.
It was sometime after he listed his fiancee's birthplace as "Detroit",
her father as "Henry Ford" and her blood type as "10W-40" that his plans
sputtered.
"Well, in California they are doing same-sex marriages," he said. "So are
we here in Tennessee. Why can't we do the good ol' boy thing and marry
our cars and trucks?"
Mitchell said he isn't giving up.
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