Monday, April 28, 2008

A welcome to England? So, not really, then.

Jenn and I approached Passport Controls and were met by an officious woman who, glancing at us, inquired, "Are you related?"

Not wanting to fall foul of the law before we were even in the country, I said, "Er, we're engaged?"

An imperious sniff. "So, not really, then."

At first I was put out by this... but then I remembered that this was the country that birthed the Church of England. I can see a similar exchange on a potential honeymoon in a year's time:

"Are you related?"
"Er, we're married?"
"So, not really, then."

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