Fabien Pretou, standing at 6ft, 2 inches tall, towered over his 3ft, 1 inch bride Natalie Lucius at their 1990 wedding in Seysinnet-Pariset, France.

Harry Stevens, 103, married his 84-year-old cousin, Thelma Lucas, at a Wisconsin retirement home in 1984.

In 1871, Captain Martin van Buren Bates married Anna Hanen Swan in London. She was 7ft 5 1/2 inches tall and he stood at 7ft 2 1/2 inches.

When Ruth and Kevin Kimber married in 1990, she was 93 and he was 28.

In 1863, American dwarf Charles S. Stratton married Lavinia Warren. He was 2ft, 10in tall and she was 2ft 8 in. In 1884, the widowed Lavinia married Count Primo Magri who was two inches shorter than her first husband.

In 1995, following a courtship that lasted several months, 100-year-old Samuel Bukoro married 12-year-old Nyamihanda in Uganda.

In 1994, 26-year-old Anna Nicole Smith tied the knot with 89-year-old millionaire J. Howard Marshall. She was attracted by his "kindness."

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - Concerned city officials considered banning foam cups after learning that the "dangerous" chemical dihydrogen monoxide was used in their production. Then the red-faced officials learned that dihydrogen monoxide, or H2O for short, is the scientific term for water. "It's embarrassing," said City Manager David J. Norman. "We had a paralegal who did bad research." The paralegal believed information posted on an official looking Web site that described dihydrogen monoxide as "an odorless, tasteless chemical" that can be deadly if inhaled. The City Council had planned to vote next week on a proposed law that would have prohibited the use of foam cups at city-sponsored events. The measure has since been pulled from the agenda.

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Looking for third-degree-burned beauties to satisfy my growing fetish for wrinkled skin. Have tried elderly women and bathtub babes, but now only skin grafts get me going.

I've got issues; you've got the cure. I need lots of time on the couch; you need a sympathetic ear and board certification. Must not charge by the hour.

Petite mountaineeress seeks tall female for climbing. If you're under 6 feet tall, averse to ropes, or wary of long expeditions, don't apply.

Single female who enjoys interpretive dance, wearing black clothing, and drinking herbal tea seeks standoffish, analytical wimp to create Jell-O sculptures and ballroom dance in my living room.

Thirty-five-year-old doctor who wants to finally meet a woman with true inner beauty. Outward appearance not a factor. Please send X-rays.

You have brown hair and green eyes, with a mole on your left cheek. I watch you from behind the bushes with my binoculars.
Don't bother to respond; I already know where you live.

Former scientist in search of test subject for study on the line between pleasure and pain, ecstasy and excruciation. Those with high pain thresholds ineligible.

Born-again female Pentecostal seeks male acolyte for meaningful relationship and serpent handling. Speaking in tongues a plus! God-fearing applicants only.

PANCHPARA, India - In order to better care for his 80-year-old grandmother, a 25-year-old Indian man decided to marry her. "I felt she needed extra care as she is old. I can look after her better as a husband than as a grandson," Narayan Biswas told Reuters. His grandmother, Premodas Biswas, is "happy" with her new hubby whom she married in a traditional Hindu ceremony. Her first husband passed away over 30 years ago. "I helped bring him up with my own hands and now he looks after me. He is a good husband and ensures I get my meals on time," she said. Local officials say that marrying a blood relative is illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act, but have no plans as of now to take action
against the odd couple since there have been no complaints against them.

Men stopping at the john in the Virgin Airways Clubhouse in New York's John F. Kennedy airport, terminal 4, are in for a little surprise - urinals shaped like a woman's mouth, complete with bright red lipstick, wide open and ready for business. "In anything that we do there has to be a smile, and that’s the smile in this Clubhouse," said John Riordan, Vice President of Customer Services for Virgin Airways. The Netherlands based company Bathroom Mania designed the urinals, which are appropriately called Kisses. "Kisses - the sexy urinal, makes a daily event a blushing experience!
This is one target men will never miss!," said the Bathroom Mania team via e-mail from the Netherlands. Bathroom Mania's other designs include the Good Morning Sunshine flower potty, and the Splish Splash bathtub shaped like a hammock.