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Bizarre Couples
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:19 pm
by southerngale
Fabien Pretou, standing at 6ft, 2 inches tall, towered over
his 3ft, 1 inch bride Natalie Lucius at their 1990 wedding
in Seysinnet-Pariset, France.
Harry Stevens, 103, married his 84-year-old cousin, Thelma
Lucas, at a Wisconsin retirement home in 1984.
In 1871, Captain Martin van Buren Bates married Anna Hanen
Swan in London. She was 7ft 5 1/2 inches tall and he stood
at 7ft 2 1/2 inches.
When Ruth and Kevin Kimber married in 1990, she was 93 and
he was 28.
In 1863, American dwarf Charles S. Stratton married Lavinia
Warren. He was 2ft, 10in tall and she was 2ft 8 in. In 1884,
the widowed Lavinia married Count Primo Magri who was two
inches shorter than her first husband.
In 1995, following a courtship that lasted several months,
100-year-old Samuel Bukoro married 12-year-old Nyamihanda
in Uganda.
In 1994, 26-year-old Anna Nicole Smith tied the knot with
89-year-old millionaire J. Howard Marshall. She was
attracted by his "kindness."
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:43 pm
by Lindaloo
Aw!! Just proves my theory there is someone out there for everybody regardless of age. Although I have a problem with the cousin part. lol.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:47 pm
by blizzard
Lindaloo wrote:Aw!! Just proves my theory there is someone out there for everybody regardless of age. Although I have a problem with the cousin part. lol.
lol...that's just because you were raised here in the USA. Most of the world accepts the marriage of cousins....
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:49 pm
by David
100 and 12? Not my type of happy marriage.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:52 pm
by Lindaloo
blizzard, you are kidding me right?!!
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:10 pm
by blizzard
Lindaloo wrote:blizzard, you are kidding me right?!!
I wouldn't kid you Linda.... it's true. As eerie as it sounds.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:10 pm
by coriolis
I wouldn't worry about the cousins too much. At their ages there's little chance of inbreeding.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:43 pm
by southerngale
blizzard wrote:Lindaloo wrote:Aw!! Just proves my theory there is someone out there for everybody regardless of age. Although I have a problem with the cousin part. lol.
lol...that's just because you were raised here in the USA.
Most of the world accepts the marriage of cousins ....
I knew that but just had to say EWWWWWWW!!! :8:
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:51 pm
by streetsoldier
Lahk th' man sez...If'n yor fam'ly tree ain't got no branchez, yoo maht be a ridnick!
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:22 pm
by Lindaloo
WOW!! Is all I can say. And yea Ed, I do not think we have to worry about that too much. lol. Unless we are going to witness a miracle. Doubt it. ROFL!!
Re: Bizarre Couples
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:04 pm
by FLwxGuy
southerngale wrote:In 1994, 26-year-old Anna Nicole Smith tied the knot with
89-year-old millionaire J. Howard Marshall. She was
attracted by his "kindness."
Yeah......and i have a chicken that lays golden eggs.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:08 pm
by Skywatch_NC
When Ruth and Kevin Kimber married in 1990, she was 93 and
he was 28.
So now he visits his wife regularly in a nursing home?
Then again she'd be
106 now.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:19 pm
by stormraiser
I wonder if she had the same kind of kindness that Anna Nicole was atrracted to
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:21 pm
by OtherHD
blizzard wrote:Lindaloo wrote:Aw!! Just proves my theory there is someone out there for everybody regardless of age. Although I have a problem with the cousin part. lol.
lol...that's just because you were raised here in the USA. Most of the world accepts the marriage of cousins....
She lives in Mississippi. Isn't that kind of thing accepted down there?
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:58 am
by StormCrazyIowan
ROFL, I'm sorry......I can't even go there!
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 10:29 am
by Anonymous
In 1994, 26-year-old Anna Nicole Smith tied the knot with
89-year-old millionaire J. Howard Marshall. She was
attracted by his "kindness."
yeah right, she is waiting on the poor guy to croak and get his money lol
Harry Stevens, 103, married his 84-year-old cousin, Thelma
Lucas, at a Wisconsin retirement home in 1984.
Aww how sweet~ so incest IS best NAWT lol
In 1995, following a courtship that lasted several months,
100-year-old Samuel Bukoro married 12-year-old Nyamihanda
in Uganda
Whats up with this????
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:17 pm
by GalvestonDuck
OtherHD wrote:blizzard wrote:Lindaloo wrote:Aw!! Just proves my theory there is someone out there for everybody regardless of age. Although I have a problem with the cousin part. lol.
lol...that's just because you were raised here in the USA. Most of the world accepts the marriage of cousins....
She lives in Mississippi. Isn't that kind of thing accepted down there?
Not sure about MS, but in eastern KY, for some reason, it is.
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:31 pm
by Lindaloo
OtherHD wrote:She lives in Mississippi. Isn't that kind of thing accepted down there?
Now you should be ashamed of yourself for that statement HD.