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8.23.2009
Love Hurts
Germany - 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...
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