Normal couple weds at Taco Bell

KWQC-TV / The Associated Press ^ | January 10, 2009

[2ndDivisionVet]

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Wedding bells meant Taco Bell for Paul and Caragh Brooks.

Customers inside a Normal outlet of the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple married yesterday in 1 of its booths.

Thirty-year-old groom Paul Brooks said he and his bride have an off-beat relationship and thought an off-beat setting would be appropriate.

Employees displayed hot sauce packets labeled with the words "Will you marry me?"

Twenty-1-year-old Caragh Brooks wore a $15 hot pink dress for the $200 wedding.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Whatever crunches your Chalupa.

[humblegunner]

[liberateUS]

Not NORMAL!

[proxy_user]

Well, I’m glad to hear that there are some normal people left in this country.

[CindyDawg]

$200? See. I tell people they don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on a wedding but they don’t listen.

[mikrofon]

Will they be honeymooning “south of the border”?

[LiberConservative]

Twenty-1-year-old ...

AssPress. Sheesh.

[Cementjungle]

Normal couple weds at Taco Bell

There's something rather odd about that statement.

[Red Badger]

Did they run for the border afterwards?.........

[Dr. Sivana]

This is very, very wrong.They should have gotten married at Steak and Shake, since it was actually FOUNDED in Normal, Illinois.

[F15Eagle]

Actually doesn’t sound that bad. And I could get a #8, crunchy of course.

These days a $200 wedding sounds a lot better than these folks who spend $40,000-$60,000. I mean, not to be not romantic, but yikes ... $40,000?

(I know, I know ... typical man-thinking, LOL)

[2ndDivisionVet]

They had to fire all the editors so they could recruit reporters from Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Gaza and Venezuela.

[ican'tbelieveit]

one is obviously too hard to spell... my goodness.

[proudofthesouth]

No you just have common sense. I think that spending that kind of money plus more on a wedding is stupid and insane and I’m a woman.

[Iluvpopcrn]

Another woman here, and I feel the same way! All that money could go into the bank, or towards a home! My husband and I got married on less than $500! And after 33 years, we couldn’t be happier and are feeling pretty comfortable.

[F15Eagle]

Thank you both. Use the money for something to be longer-lasting, IMHO. Sure some of the weddings are cool but you could help the poor, get yourself on solid footing, etc.

[redhead]

Dittos here. Hubby and I got married for less than $200, both wearing borrowed clothing. LOL! Thirty years later...

[bert]

I think maybe they’re on to something.....

Rather have a wedding and adjourn to a reception hall, and make the caterer bring everything in, have the wedding where the eats are.

[Xenalyte]

Jeez, and I thought I was splurging when my dress cost $250.

[CindyDawg]

I would prefer Golden Corral though. They have cake :’)

[NonValueAdded]

How romantic - Johnny Edwards reaffirms his vows ... whoops, wrong Taco Bell couple. I’ll give Edwards one kudo: he got Mama T to ask “what was chili” in front of the national media.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The title is an oxymoron! (Thank you Bill Buckley)

[PJ-Comix]

Did he get his chimichanga microwaved during the honeymoon?

[dangus]

THere’s a YOung Frankestein joke laying around here somewhere if anyone wants to pick it up.

[MilspecRob]

The love of my life (bless her soul) and I got married by the JP in San Diego. We didn't even have witness’s I remember the JP calling to his assistant “Cricket” saying “You have to do your duty again”

[Trajan88]

The Bell needs to bring back the Frito Burrito Supreme... heck if they had it as a finger food at this wedding, I would have attended ;-)

[swmobuffalo]

Works for me. My husband conducted a wedding at a Pizza Hut in Joplin back in the 80’s. Even made mention by Paul Harvey.

[LiberConservative]

I have no problem with $200 weddings. Couples need to save their money for divorce attorneys.

[dfwgator]

Well Taco Bell did win the Franchise Wars.

[Radix]

Does this mean that there are now four rings of marriage?

The engagement ring, the wedding ring, the suffering, and the onion ring.

Do they even have onion rings at Taco Bell? If not then the lame joke is ruined.

[Ken H]

Twenty-1-year-old Caragh Brooks wore a $15 hot pink dress for the $200 wedding.

A $200 wedding? Was that for the whole enchilada?

[Poser]

There are a lot of jokes about her soft taco, his burrito supreme, chimichangas, etc. here. I think I will pass.

[PistolPaknMama]

Actually doesn’t sound that bad. And I could get a #8, crunchy of course.

#8...phooey! You can get 10 tacos for 10 bucks and feed two friends too! :-)

[F15Eagle]

True dat. I used to do that when my father lived with me for awhile. Though I’d usually get 6 tacos and 4 burritos.

It was actually $7.99 at the time, too.