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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Marriage lasts 90 minutes
SCOTT McKie and Victoria Anderson were looking forwards to a life of wedded bliss as they tied the knot. But an hour and a half - and a series of drunken assaults - later, divorce was looming fast.
"I do!"
"I do!"
"Bitch!"
"Arsehole!"
"I want a divorce!"
The tale of what has been billed one of Britain's least successful ever marriages ended with 23-year-old McKie being dragged from his own wedding reception by police, newspapers reported today.
I hate it when that happens, don't you?
"The party was just ruined!"
According to the reports, the happy marriage lasted for all of 90 minutes before Anderson, enraged at a drunken toast to the bridesmaids by her new husband at their reception, violently hit him over the head with an ashtray.
"Take this, you bastard! KAPOW!"
He responded by taking a hat-stand at the pub in a suburb of Manchester, northwest England, where the party was taking place, and hurling it towards the bar "like a javelin", according to witnesses.
"Look out! He's got a hatstand!"
Police were called and McKie headbutted one officer and punched another before being dragged to the cells, at which point 40-year-old Anderson cancelled their honeymoon and began divorce proceedings.
"Hello, Mom? We're not going to Bermuda!"
The sorry tale was recounted at Manchester Crown Court, where McKie pleaded guilty to a series of charges including attempted wounding and assault, receiving a community service punishment. McKie's lawyer told the court that everyone involved had been "very, very drunk at the time".
Gee, I never would have guessed.
Posted by: Steve || 12/03/2004 10:30:39 AM || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Do you, Britney, take this, uh, man, to be your lawfully wedded husband, form this minute forward, . . ."
Posted by: Mike || 12/03/2004 10:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Damn, sorry I missed that reception. Add some RPG's and AK's firing in the air and it would've had everything...
Posted by: tu3031 || 12/03/2004 11:21 Comments || Top||

#3  And they siad it wouldn't last.....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/03/2004 11:34 Comments || Top||

#4  It does sound like a very, very serious party. Howard? Bulldawg?
Posted by: Shipman || 12/03/2004 11:40 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm sure I've been to a few wedding receptions like this one, but I seldom remember the little details...
Posted by: Bulldog || 12/03/2004 12:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Bulldog, I'm planning on visiting the Neville Chamberlain Monument on my next trip to the UK. Can you tell me where that might be?
Posted by: Matt || 12/03/2004 12:10 Comments || Top||

#7  You don't need to go to England, it can be found right here in NY. Neville Chamberlain Monument
Posted by: 2b || 12/03/2004 12:15 Comments || Top||

#8  shucks, I'll try again: link
Posted by: 2b || 12/03/2004 12:16 Comments || Top||

#9  The sorry tale was recounted at Manchester Crown Court...

I'm guessin' Night Court. I'm sure the judge appreciated the amusing tale of woe.
Posted by: mojo || 12/03/2004 12:16 Comments || Top||

#10  I'm planning on visiting the Neville Chamberlain Monument on my next trip to the UK.

Apparently the people of Birmingham (England) do actually have a Neville Chamberlain sculpture hidden away: details here. It was unveiled in 1937, 22 years after he'd been elected Lord Mayor of the city. I don't recall ever seeing one of him in London. There are plenty of monuments to Churchill around, natch.

I'm guessin' Night Court.

I don't think we have night courts (I could be wrong -there may possibly be some in the biggest cities, like Manchester). Most likely he spent the night in the cells cooling off and was dragged up before Hizonna in the morning.
Posted by: Bulldog || 12/03/2004 12:29 Comments || Top||

#11  Hmmm, maybe there's a bigger one in Prague.

2b, LMAO
Posted by: Matt || 12/03/2004 12:48 Comments || Top||

#12  23-year-old McKie

40-year-old Anderson

There's more to this story that hasn't been reported . . . . . .
Posted by: Interested spectator || 12/03/2004 13:20 Comments || Top||

#13  Just a dang minute here:
...23-year-old McKie... That's the groom.
...40-year-old Anderson... That's the bride.
Hmmm.

"They had only been together for two or three months before the wedding," McKie's father told the Daily Mirror newspaper. "It was a big mistake."

No kidding.
Posted by: Angie Schultz || 12/03/2004 13:23 Comments || Top||

#14  I think the Church of the SubGenius has been offering 60-minute marriages for a long time. Also known as "ShortDurMars".
Posted by: Anonymoose || 12/03/2004 13:29 Comments || Top||

#15  Aren't short (or temporary) marriages common in Islam? In order to make rapes legal?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/03/2004 14:24 Comments || Top||



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