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Couple Rewarded for Honeymoon Nightmare
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Sep 7, 2005, 01:03
(NUI) - Camping trips, in the best of circumstances, probably don't make the best honeymoons. Add a campsite on an incline and a little rain, and you have a sure-fire recipe for disaster.
Cyndy and Roger Wilber of Ravena, N.Y., had such an extraordinarily bad honeymoon that the tale of it has made them grand-prize winners of Thrifty Car Rental's 10th Annual Honeymoon Disasters Contest.
"Don't worry about the honeymoon, we'll take care of everything." These were the famous last words from the groom's parents to the young couple, who were short on cash. Following a small reception in a mobile home, Cyndy and Roger were escorted to a tent located behind the cabins of a church summer camp. The groom's dad had pitched the tent on a slope so if it rained, the water would, theoretically, run away from their accommodations.
Well-wishers from the wedding party set up emergency flares around the tent so that "every shadow could be observed," said Cyndy. "Bring on the show!" said the onlookers. It was midnight before the flares finally burned out, and the wedding party went home.
Then, torrential rains paid a visit. To simplify things, the newlyweds brought the portable toilet inside. But in the heat of passion, the toilet got knocked over, soiling their clothes, food and sleeping bags.
As it was still raining, the clever couple decided to harness the forces of nature and strung a rope between two trees to wash their clothes in the rain.
The next morning once they retrieved their clothes, the stranded newlyweds walked two miles to a country store for much-needed birth control. Under the watchful eye of two little old ladies, the couple learned that the pharmacy had none of the desired items. "No, but we have aspirin," said the cashier.
"Eight and a half months later, our son was born," said Cyndy, "thanks to a small town whose idea of birth control was aspirin." Roger and Cyndy have since been married 34 years.
For surviving this postnuptial trauma, the couple received round-trip airfare to a destination of their choice in the continental United States, three nights hotel accommodations, a four-day car rental and $500 spending money. More than 1,000 entries were received and judged by a panel of Thrifty employees.
To enter next year's Honeymoon Disasters contest or to read other outrageous entries, visit www.thrifty.com or www.honeymoondisasters.com.
Couple Rewarded for Honeymoon Nightmare
(NUI) - Camping trips, in the best of circumstances, probably don't make the best honeymoons. Add a campsite on an incline and a little rain, and you have a sure-fire recipe for disaster.
Cyndy and Roger Wilber of Ravena, N.Y., had such an extraordinarily bad honeymoon that the tale of it has made them grand-prize winners of Thrifty Car Rental's 10th Annual Honeymoon Disasters Contest.
"Don't worry about the honeymoon, we'll take care of everything." These were the famous last words from the groom's parents to the young couple, who were short on cash. Following a small reception in a mobile home, Cyndy and Roger were escorted to a tent located behind the cabins of a church summer camp. The groom's dad had pitched the tent on a slope so if it rained, the water would, theoretically, run away from their accommodations.
Well-wishers from the wedding party set up emergency flares around the tent so that "every shadow could be observed," said Cyndy. "Bring on the show!" said the onlookers. It was midnight before the flares finally burned out, and the wedding party went home.
Then, torrential rains paid a visit. To simplify things, the newlyweds brought the portable toilet inside. But in the heat of passion, the toilet got knocked over, soiling their clothes, food and sleeping bags.
As it was still raining, the clever couple decided to harness the forces of nature and strung a rope between two trees to wash their clothes in the rain.
The next morning once they retrieved their clothes, the stranded newlyweds walked two miles to a country store for much-needed birth control. Under the watchful eye of two little old ladies, the couple learned that the pharmacy had none of the desired items. "No, but we have aspirin," said the cashier.
"Eight and a half months later, our son was born," said Cyndy, "thanks to a small town whose idea of birth control was aspirin." Roger and Cyndy have since been married 34 years.
For surviving this postnuptial trauma, the couple received round-trip airfare to a destination of their choice in the continental United States, three nights hotel accommodations, a four-day car rental and $500 spending money. More than 1,000 entries were received and judged by a panel of Thrifty employees.
To enter next year's Honeymoon Disasters contest or to read other outrageous entries, visit www.thrifty.com or www.honeymoondisasters.com.
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