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Groom left floating in the fjord
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| 27 Jun 2006, 16:02
| Aftenposten English Web Desk
Posted on 06/29/2006 8:17:23 AM PDT by Kurt_Hectic
June is high season for weddings in Norway, like many other places in the world. And bachelor parties can sometimes get out of hand.
Such was the case with a would-be bridegroom in Trondheim earlier this month. His buddies thought they'd come up with a brilliant bachelor-party plan, but most of it went awry.
It all started when the 31-year-old bridegroom was picked up at his home in Trondheim's Bakklandet district. His friends took him down to the harbor, they all boarded a sailboat and off they sailed to the middle of the Trondheims Fjord.
Fortunately, the men dressed up the unsuspecting bridegroom in a survival suit before they dropped him into the water. "They were about two kilometers from land," Birgit Monsås of the Sør-Trøndelag Police District told newspaper Aftenposten.
The bridegroom's buddies had chartered a seaplane that was supposed to pluck him out of the water. But the waves got too high for the plane to land, and then the party on the sailboat lost sight of their man.
"So they called us," said Monsås. That set off a major search and rescue operation, complete with two police boats, a helicopter and a special rescue vessel, while more police and an ambulance waited on the shore.
Meanwhile, the bridegroom floated in the water in his survival suit, unaware of his own emergency. Suddenly he was surrounded by rescuers in the sea and in the sky, but assumed they were all part of his party.
"He was eventually taken home after lying in the water for about an hour," said Monsås. His best man was expected to be hit with a strong reprimand and fine.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bridegroom; norway; wedding
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I often hear a story about someone who rolled a drunk groom in a carpet and placed him upside-down, so that all of his blood went to his head and he died, but maybe that is an urban legend... In this case, I'll bet the bride-to-be had a few things to say to the best man...
To: Kurt_Hectic
At least he's not pining for the fjord.
To: Constitution Day
Viking funeral in the near future?
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:19:40 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: Kurt_Hectic
I hope the best man can afjord his fine.
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:19:48 AM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Constitution Day
Talk about your Norwegian Blue. Fer sure.
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:20:08 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Hydroshock
"He was eventually taken home after lying in the water for about an hour," said Monsås. His best man was expected to be hit with a strong reprimand and fine.
If anyoen were to do this to me they would be hit with a Louisville slugger.
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:21:30 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: dighton; patton
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:25:49 AM PDT
by
Coop
(No, there are no @!%$&#*! polls on Irey vs. Murtha!)
To: Kurt_Hectic; franksolich
"All right, Kjell, it was kinda funny floating out here for a few minutes, haha, but c'mon, it's getting a little chilly and there's shrinkage, how about picking me up? Guys? GUYS?"
}:-)4
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:26:16 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad.)
To: Junior
Some bachelor party, huh!
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:26:40 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: Coop
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:26:49 AM PDT
by
patton
(...in spit of it all...)
To: patton
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:28:08 AM PDT
by
NonLinear
(He's dead, Jim)
To: Kurt_Hectic
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:30:03 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Never trust Democrats with national security.)
To: AppyPappy
At Fjord, Quality is JOB 1!...........
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:30:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
To: Kurt_Hectic
Perhaps the biggest news here is that people are still actually getting married in Norway.
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:31:26 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(Democrats are a waste of tax money and good oxygen.)
To: Kurt_Hectic
The dude was safer in the water then he will be once he gets married.
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:32:01 AM PDT
by
Pukin Dog
(Dont be a Conservopussy! Defend Ann Coulter, you weenies!)
To: Constitution Day
He's not pining, he's passed on!
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:32:22 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
To: LIConFem
Monty Python had to come in here, somewhere. ;)
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:33:42 AM PDT
by
patton
(...in spit of it all...)
To: MadIvan
Another wild and crazy guy.
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:33:42 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Coop
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:34:57 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: cjshapi
I guess he wasn't "built fjord tough..."
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posted on
06/29/2006 8:36:06 AM PDT
by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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