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topsy
01/05/09

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This is a very sweet but very scary story. The kids plan was simply adorable; they were in love and wanted to get married in a warm sunny place. However, the thought of these three wandering around by themselves is very scary. Thank god this story had a happy ending.
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Green Goth Brit Chick - AlternatEve
01/05/09

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Totally cute, love the way the Police handled it too. I was an expert at escapsim but my sister took the biscuit: while she was still in her cot she found a way to escape it, unhook the baby gate, shufflebottom down the stairs and turn the TV on.

And my response?

"Jenny gone!" Said very innocently while looking at my freaking out mother.
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
01/05/09

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I have had Toto in my head all day because of this stupid story.
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FourInchHeels
01/05/09

@treecut...Grim Reaper of the forest: Hurry boy she's waiting there for youuuuuu. It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from youuuuu, there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever dooooooo.
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The HZA.
01/05/09

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Those kids rule.
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dj_sex_ed: is unworthy to comment
01/05/09

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That's a little bit adorable. First young couple I've heard of getting married outside of the traditional venue of the playground though...
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FourInchHeels
01/05/09

@dj_sex_ed: I used to get married (to my gay best, irony.) regularly on the playground. Sometimes under the weeping willow if we wanted to be romantic, but often behind the music building. It was more secluded and we could better kiss that way.
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raphaela
01/05/09

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Do you think Mika read that 9 year old's book on how to pick up chicks?
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FourInchHeels
01/05/09

@raphaela: He WROTE the book on picking up chicks, that adorable little gay doesn't hold a flame to this kid. I mean, the 9yr old can't even get dates ... this little guy talks women into MARRYING him.
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zsazsa6
01/05/09

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I was telling my boss about this story and she nearly had a heart attack- she said it was total child neglect and the parents should be charged. I was like WHAT? I did stuff like this all the time when I was 3 years old. No, I didn't try to go to Africa on the train with my boyfriend ( which is the greatest idea ever) but I am told that I would sneak out of the house with my dogs (Peanut and Kenya) and go on rambling walks to the beach. As my mother is extremely overprotective & would call the police every time this happened ( 3 times in a row), I think that these things just happen. Some kids just like to explore and can slip out of even the most protective homes. I think I had a damn good childhood and I am betting these kids (they seem happy and imaginative) are happy. I know bad things happen to kids but this has to be balanced with reality...I wish I had the balls to say all of that to my boss.
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Raspberry Swirly
01/05/09

@zsazsa6: At least you got it out somewhere, though. I never wandered off into the wild blue yonder, but I did have a habit of slipping off in stores while my mother was shopping. I was an expert sneaker, and I also had an overprotective mom and a good childhood.
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FourInchHeels
01/05/09

@Raspberry Swirl: Dance Party Coordinator: I was the QUEEN of hiding in clothes racks. The round kind had space in the middle. I'd hide in the center and quietly slide clothes around when people were looking ... it'd freak them out, I thought it was hilarious.
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Raspberry Swirly
01/05/09

@FourInchHeels: I did that too! So much fun.
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LaComtesse
01/05/09

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Is it shrewish and joyless of me to be way more focused on the fact that the parents didn't notice three children were gone, long enough for them to get over 2 miles, than the kids being adorable and wanting to get married in Africa?
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brendastarlet is on it
01/05/09

@LaComtesse: a kilometer is a little over half a mile. Germany on a holiday can be pretty dead in the morning. If the folks were sleeping in, there was no traffic, and no pedestrians out, they could easily get to the station.

I love this story, and am glad the police handled it this way. When I was little, we used to go out to my mom's car and play "driving to Chicago."
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Brigit
01/05/09

@brendastarlet is on it: When I was really young and stayed at grandma's, me and my cousins would wake up really early and wander throughout the rural neighborhood - barefoot and in PJs- to see who among my cousins other grandparents, grandma, or auntie, had the best breakfast.

A lot of times there were frantic phone calls while we were having breakfast.
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LittleLolly
01/05/09

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I want to know how they convinced the "bride's" older sister to be the witness. As the eldest in my family the only way my sister would have got me to accompany her to Africa would be the promise that she would stay there. I can here her mom now: "You're older, you should know better."
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Raspberry Swirly
01/05/09

@LittleLolly: The witness is five. She's younger.
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dridirtitini
01/05/09

@Raspberry Swirl: Dance Party Coordinator: The article said that the bride and groom were 5 and 6 and the sister was 7.
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FourInchHeels
01/05/09

@tini: Flip that, the bride/groom were 6 and 7, and the witness was the 5yr old sister. Right age, wrong sister.
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Raspberry Swirly
01/06/09

@tini: Bride and groom are 6 and 7. Witness is 5.
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shorty63136
01/05/09

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$10 says they dry heave when they turn 15 (and probably won't be in love) and read this story.
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shorty63136
01/05/09

@shorty63136: Wait. Nevermind. I mis-read something.
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Raspberry Swirly
01/05/09

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No. Stop it. You cannot make me want children sooner than my intended plan.

Africa? Really? How is it this little boy is already sweeter than every boyfriend I've ever had?
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Understater
01/05/09

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DON'T DO IT!!!!!1
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pandorasmittens
01/05/09

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Also, kudos to the police for handling this in an awesome way. Instead of scaring the kids, they were unbelievably kind.
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lalaland13
01/05/09

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This is obviously the work of a sinister adorable child faction that seeks to undermine the institution of marriage, which has been clearly defined since the days Adam and Eve rode to church on a dinosaur.
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Kivrin
01/05/09

@lalaland13: I know, right? See what happens when you let Teh Gayz marry?
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NewsBunny
01/05/09

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I had a boyfriend in first grade. His name was Shawn Hartnett.

He had red hair and looked just like Raggedy Andy. We had lunch together every day.

He was a perfect gentleman. Even pushed me out of the way one time so he wouldn't throw up on me. THAT'S CLASS, ladies.

He moved from MAss to NY at the end of first grade. So if anyone knows a Massachusetts native named Shawn who lives in NYC, please let me know.
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Brigit
01/05/09

@NewsBunny: My pre-school buddy would kiss the top of my head, I would give him my school-lunch plums, and we would sit in recess to watch red ants fight it out with black ants.
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AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover
01/05/09

@Brigit: My "husband" and I (married at Halloween fair, my dad gave me away and all)would hold hands at lunch and I'd wear his Chicago Bulls Starter jacket...when it was 80 degrees outside.
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