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Woman warns against clicking ‘I accept’ button on marriage website

women warned to be more careful in their lunch breaksDebbie Sanders, 26, of Chatham, warned today against the dangers of a new web-based marriage service. ‘My boyfriend Jason had suggested trying it out, so I went online during my lunch break to see what was involved. I’d always hankered after a church wedding actually, or perhaps the Maldives, and picking the bridesmaids’ dresses and things, but nothing ventured…

‘When I clicked on the link, it said, ‘Do you want to run the Marriage Wizard?’ I had to click ‘Yes’ to continue, and then on the next screen, without thinking, I clicked on ‘I accept’. Well, no one ever reads the licence agreement, do they. The next thing I knew, it said the Wizard had completed the marriage and would I like to register for updates.’

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Posted: Feb 8th, 2010
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Man admits to having a quiet day at work

A carpet fitter from Preston, Lancs, has told how of his life has been made a misery after he inadvertently mentioned to his wife that he had had a quiet day at work.

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Posted: Jan 16th, 2010
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Marriage in crisis as husband eschews Christmas sex in favour of cash alternative

same old present, year after yearThe 22-year union between Lionel and Marjorie Alwyn was reportedly under threat last night, as it emerged that Mr Alwyn had declined their traditional festive sexual congress and asked ‘for the money instead’.

‘Well what was I supposed to say?’ said an outraged Mrs Alwyn, who had been led to believe that her festive fur-trimmed stockings and saucy Santa hat had been hitting the spot since the Berlin Wall came down. ‘And it wasn’t just that he was turning down a few hours of nookie with me in favour of some money in an envelope. It was that he only gave it a transferable value of twenty-five quid.’

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Posted: Dec 15th, 2009
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Fairy-tale heroines ‘heartbroken’ by Prince Charming bigamy scandal

BastardThree humiliated former spouses of Prince Charming spoke out today after it emerged that the royal cad had been married to them all simultaneously.

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Posted: Jul 21st, 2009
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Army’s new missiles erroneously fitted with Marriage Guidance Systems

launched from Helmand to wherever they're neededThe Ministry of Defence faces an embarrassing recall of its newest land-attack missile cache after discovering that its state-of-the-art target-tracking system was mistakenly fitted with a marriage guidance programme. The problem came to light when the new precision-guided warheads failed to hit a Taliban stronghold in Musa Qala as planned, and instead got straight to the heart of the trust issues between Brenda and Colin Watkins before detonating in their three-bed semi in Crawley.

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Posted: Jul 20th, 2009
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