This thread is useless without pics!
I would have loved to see the shock, disappointment and anger as the two swanned in ready to luxuriate in officialdom, convinced that a mundane piece of paper would validate them to their families, friends and the entire world.
“...convinced that a mundane piece of paper would validate them...”
The clerk could have done like they did in the old western’s - scribble something on a scrap of paper “to make it all official and such”.