Couple gets married minutes after they were introduced by radio station

[Champ]

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — The first time Patrick Dunne saw his bride's face was when he lifted her wedding veil, shortly before the vows. Dunne wed accountant Bernadette Coleman from Dublin minutes after they were introduced by radio station 98 fm, which aired Ireland's first blind date-style wedding live.

"I was looking for Shrek, when I was walking down the aisle, the green man. But ... he is more than what I thought." said the bride, who is 30.

"She is beautiful," said the 34-year-old groom.

Wedding celebrant Michael Peter Ross performed the 20-minute civil ceremony in front of 180 people at the Clontarf Castle Hotel.

As the groom lifted his wife's veil before the vows, she immediately leaned forward and kissed him.

"I was going to write down a few words to say and I was trying to imagine what you looked like and you are more beautiful then I ever thought you could be," Dunne told Coleman.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-12-03-blind-marriage_x.htm

[JHB]

1. Good thin they're not the same sex...

...we wouldn't want to destroy the sanctity of marraige, would we?

[MatrixEscape]

2. Ah, why not?

Odds are 50/50 it ends in divorce no matter how long they court. This way, they get to spend a lot more time finding out what's wrong with each other AFTER they are hitched.