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Runaway Bride Mows Lawn
| Okay. It's August. The news is supposed to be slow in August. But isn't that headline going overboard with the idea? |
Instead of cutting out of town, runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is cutting lawns.
"Maudette! Come quick! The Runaway Bride® is cutting the Wilsons' grass!"
"Yes, Herb." |
Wearing an orange community service vest and a baseball cap with the slogan "Life is good," Wilbanks did part of her court-ordered community service Tuesday for lying to police after she ran off days before her wedding.
| Wow! That's amazing! She's actually doing it in public? |
"I'm doing well. ... I'm getting there," a sweating Wilbanks told a throng of reporters and photographers after her mower died out in the tall, wet grass.
"Maudette! Lookit dat! She's sweating!"
"Horses sweat, Herb. Gents perspire. She's glowing." |
"I need to get back to work. I don't want to get into trouble." But her mower kept sputtering out, prompting her to repeatedly yank on the pull cord to get it started again. After the eighth time, she let out a huge sigh.
| "[Sigh!] I'd run away if I wasn't wearing this vest!" |
In all, Wilbanks was ordered to do 120 hours of service, and she has already completed 24 by scrubbing toilets in probation offices, picking up trash and washing public vehicles...
"Maudette! She washes cars, too!"
"Yes, Herb. Should I start the Studebaker?" |
Wilbanks pleaded no contest in June to telling police her phony story. She also was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $2,550 in restitution to the sheriff's office that helped with the search. The nearby city of Duluth, where Wilbanks had lived with her fiance, spent nearly $43,000 to search for her; Wilbanks has repaid $13,249.
snip part deux. Keep cutting those lawns, crook. I hope word gets out that you're cleaning the probation office toilets too, so somebody can get in there and dump a mean one right on the floor.
Posted by: Chris W. 2005-08-10 |
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