Friday, December 30, 2005

"Brit Jew marries dolphin"

And so it continues some more (From ynetnews.com)
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-years-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.

At least it wasn’t a whirlwind romance.

"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.

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.

Dolphins don’t have external ears – maybe she whispered into his blowhole.

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.

Best not whisper into his blowhole after the raw mackerel – or were they for her?

"I'm the happiest girl on earth," the bride said as she chocked back tears of emotion. "I made a dream come true, and I am not a pervert," she stressed.

No, good heavens. After all, I can’t make any judgments about her personal truth. That might be (gasp) intolerant.

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.

Their children will no doubt be delivered by underwater birth (warning: graphic) at Flipper Memorial. I trust the father has agreed that they'll be raised in the Jewish faith.

Based on the “bowling” remark, I am making the reasonable assumption that this whole article is a massive put-on for a slow Israeli news day. It is, however, a sad commentary on modern society that I can’t quite be sure.