Posted on 12/30/2005 6:19:30 AM PST by NYer
Till death do us part? An unusual wedding ceremony was held in the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday, as Sharon Tendler, a 41-years-old Jewish millionaire from London married her beloved Cindy, a 35-year-old dolphin, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.
The groom, a resident of the Eilat dolphin reef, met Tendler 15 years ago, when she first visited the resort. The British rock concert producer took a liking to the dolphin and has made a habit of traveling to Eilat two or three times a year and spending time with her underwater sweetheart.
"The peace and tranquility underwater, and his love, would calm me down," the excited bride said after the wedding.
After a years-long romance, Tendler decided to embark on the highly unusual path of tying the knot with her beloved dolphin. Last week, she approached Cindy's trainer Maya Zilber with the extraordinary request.
Zilber accepted the challenge and "talked the idea over with the fellow," who apparently consented.
'I'm not a pervert'
And so on Wednesday afternoon, the thrilled bride, wearing a white dress, walked down the dock before hundreds of astounded visitors and kneeled down before her groom, who was waiting in the water.
Cindy, escorted by his fellow best-men dolphins, swam over to Tendler and she hugged him, whispered sweet nothings in his ear, and kissed him in front of the cheering crowd.
After the ceremony was sealed with some mackerels, Tendler was tossed into the water by her friends so that she could swim with her new husband.
"I'm the happiest girl on earth," the bride said as she choked back tears of emotion. "I made a dream come true, and I am not a pervert," she stressed.
Tendler said she and her newly wed husband will probably spend their wedding night bowling.
"But what kind of children would they have?" one of the children in the crowd asked his father.
But what happens when they divorce? Will the dolphin get – or pay – support? What about community property, or do the Brits have it?
I don't want to know how they consummated the marriage ... .
I can't believe it hasn't come up yet, but as Tevye would say, "A bird may love a fish but where would they build a home?"
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue.'
How did they consummate the marriage...?
Enumclaw style!
Brings to mind lyrics to Kip Adotta's classic comedy song "Wet Dream".
Cheers!
Are you a bottle nosed dolphin or are you just happy to see me??
I'd hate to be her when her "spouse" "bowled a strike"!
Geez! Maybe I should go to see that mainstream movie "Bareback Canyon" and take my Gerbil "Fluffy".
Suddenly, I feel like I'm a normal pervert!
Why would a sane dolphin get married to a crazy, perverted woman?
What a stupid title.
The title they should have used was "woman marries dolphin". Whether she is Jewish, Christian or Hindu or whatever doesnt matter. Her religion has nothing to do with marrying dolphins.
"How could she do this to me?!?"
Here’s the end to the wunnerful romance:
June 2006
Our fearless leader the Head Yenta (who is still in the process of moving) enlightened us a few months ago to the story of a Jewish Millionaire, Sharon Tendler, who married a male dolphin named Cindy in Israel. Sadly this love story came to an end as Cindy turned belly up in the Eliat Reef on Sunday, still floating in his favorite spot. Reef workers say that he was not eating properly or swimming normally in the days before his death. He was given a proper burial at sea by the reef workers.
The article doesn’t seem to mention if Cindy’s Jewish wife Sharon Tendler was even at the funeral. She said she was “the happiest girl on earth” back when they got hitched in December of 2005. The word on the street is that Cindy has fathered plenty of offspring in the Eliat Reef so there are more fellas for Sharon to get acquainted with should she ever find love again with another dolphin.
Photo: c/o Ynet
http://www.yoyenta.com/?m=200606
I wonder how HaShem feels about this one.
I love my cat to death;he makes me happy.I won’t be marrying him anytime soon,however! Yeesh! And I’m the one w/a mental problem!
Shalom! I can’t wait to tell to tell my Rabbi about this one!!!
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