[thelist] [VERY OT] I'm sorry I just had to share this with everyone

Dan McCullough dan.mccullough at gmail.com
Fri Jan 14 07:39:01 CST 2005


Its just a piece of paper, in Gods eyes and the churches eyes you were
married, btw this has happened before.


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:39:14 -0600, Rob Smith <rob.smith at thermon.com> wrote:
> I just got married today. Officially....
> 
> My wife needed a copy of our marriage certificate so that she could renew
> her South African passport. Fair enough request. I went to the Hays County
> Clerks office a few days ago and asked to duplicate and certify our
> certificate:
> 
> "I'm sorry, but you're not married."
> 
> "What!?"
> 
> "Your preacher has not filled out your marriage certificate."
> 
> "You're kidding! This was almost 4 YEARS AGO! He started a company called
> Global ...something... There's no telling where he is now."
> 
> "I'm sorry, I can't duplicate and certify this certificate unless he fills
> it out."
> 
> "I'm sorry too."
> 
> Great! Panicked, I started calling around and the church office said he
> still works here in my town. What a miracle!? I tracked him down this
> afternoon and he FINALLY filled out our Marriage Certificate. All this time,
> I've been living with a woman, I haven't been married to, and had a child
> out of wedlock to boot. The duplicated certified certificate is on it's way
> to my wife now. Moral of the story, make sure the pastor signs the marriage
> certificate the day you get married.
> 
> Going to hell,
> 
> Rob Smith
> 
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> developer, don't lock yourself out of the very system you built when you
> have to debug it.
> </tip>
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