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Love-Struck Wheelchair Warrior Falls Head Over Heels, Twice
A German pensioner traveled hundreds of miles in a wheelchair to propose marriage. He was rejected.
Love can make people do bizarre things. A pensioner in western Germany, who went cross-country in his wheelchair to propose, found out first hand that the course of true love never runs smooth.
A 67-year-old love-struck pensioner, who propelled himself more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) in a standard arm-powered wheelchair to propose to the woman he loved, was found lying in a cornfield after the object of his affections gave him the brush-off.
The infatuated retiree from Minden in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia told local police who rescued him from beneath his wheelchair that it had taken him four days to get to Salzwedel in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, whereupon the lady of his dreams had spurned his marriage proposal.
Spurned, the senior decided to embark on the long trek back home. But trouble struck while he was passing through Celle, in Lower Saxony. Overcome by hunger, the by now lovesick pensioner stopped by a cornfield. He fell out of his wheelchair while reaching for a cob to nibble on and was unable to get back in.
Homeward Bound
Following a mobile phone call from the stranded man, police rushed to the scene. But after being assisted back into his chair, there was no stopping him, the police said. The man immediately hit the road again, homeward bound.
"What makes this story even more funny but also even more tragic, is that the corn he wanted to eat was not even edible. It was field corn for animal fodder," Celle police spokesman Guido Koch told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Police said the man hadn't been uninjured, that he was completely sane. He was, however, disappointed that his love went unrequited. He said it would probably take him another three or four days to get home, but he refused a lift in a car.
"He must have immense upper body strength," Koch said, adding that he had never come across a similar case in his career as a policeman.
This long-distance wheelchair mission is not the first of its kind to hit the headlines in Germany. Last year a severely paralysed German pensioner crossed the Alps in a wheelchair, making the 2,500 kilometer journey from Hamburg to Rome to try to raise awareness about the failings of Germany's healthcare system.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 97,00.html
Love-Struck Wheelchair Warrior Falls Head Over Heels, Twice
A German pensioner traveled hundreds of miles in a wheelchair to propose marriage. He was rejected.
Love can make people do bizarre things. A pensioner in western Germany, who went cross-country in his wheelchair to propose, found out first hand that the course of true love never runs smooth.
A 67-year-old love-struck pensioner, who propelled himself more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) in a standard arm-powered wheelchair to propose to the woman he loved, was found lying in a cornfield after the object of his affections gave him the brush-off.
The infatuated retiree from Minden in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia told local police who rescued him from beneath his wheelchair that it had taken him four days to get to Salzwedel in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, whereupon the lady of his dreams had spurned his marriage proposal.
Spurned, the senior decided to embark on the long trek back home. But trouble struck while he was passing through Celle, in Lower Saxony. Overcome by hunger, the by now lovesick pensioner stopped by a cornfield. He fell out of his wheelchair while reaching for a cob to nibble on and was unable to get back in.
Homeward Bound
Following a mobile phone call from the stranded man, police rushed to the scene. But after being assisted back into his chair, there was no stopping him, the police said. The man immediately hit the road again, homeward bound.
"What makes this story even more funny but also even more tragic, is that the corn he wanted to eat was not even edible. It was field corn for animal fodder," Celle police spokesman Guido Koch told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Police said the man hadn't been uninjured, that he was completely sane. He was, however, disappointed that his love went unrequited. He said it would probably take him another three or four days to get home, but he refused a lift in a car.
"He must have immense upper body strength," Koch said, adding that he had never come across a similar case in his career as a policeman.
This long-distance wheelchair mission is not the first of its kind to hit the headlines in Germany. Last year a severely paralysed German pensioner crossed the Alps in a wheelchair, making the 2,500 kilometer journey from Hamburg to Rome to try to raise awareness about the failings of Germany's healthcare system.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/ger ... 97,00.html
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"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
to go on such a journey, and to fall in love at 67.....just beautiful. too sad that it went unrequited, but does not diminish the beauty of the story, nor his capacity to fall in love...or propel himself days on end in his wheelchair!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Once I get out of this town
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well if the old guy in the wheelchair had simply fallen in *love* thru stalking the poor woman thru the window at her work in the hair salon....rightly so.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I heard he sent her a flower and note with his number on it.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
lmao!
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
if he GAVE her a flower and his #, in person (rather than sent), would've probably worked far better.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Didn't he even try to find out if she was married or seeing somebody else first? That makes a difference too. :roll:
He must have arms like Popeye!!
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
OMG...that made me laugh!!!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Seriously, I know you think it was a beautiful act of romance..but man, what a poor schmuck..jesus..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Am I being cold-hearted to think that? :oops:
well yea, exactly.....it is both.
you don't go for the *bold gesture* unless you feel fairly certain of the outcome, imo...b/c otherwise...sucks for you and her, both.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
i think it sucked a little more for him though...dude fell out of his wheelchair in a cornfield...that's gotta suck :P
well sure...thus why the 'poor schmuck' comment truly fits. :? :P
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow