THE HITCHHIKING BRIDE

In Brookline, New Hampshire, Angelique Arsenault had waited 11 years to marry her groom. But on the way to the ceremony, just five minutes from her house, the limo driver pulled over, came around and said he had a flat tire. Arsenault, her bridesmaids and family were stuck. A lot of cars passed by or took pictures of the wedding party and left, but then someone actually stopped to see if they needed a ride. The man, named Jay, had a car full of kids but he was determined to help. So he dropped them off, returned, and drove everybody the remaining seven miles to the church, where her fiancee’ was patiently waiting and worrying. Thirty minutes late, Angelique and her bridal party arrived. Arsenault realizes Jay didn’t just save her big day, he was the punctuation. “It pretty much made the whole day,” Angelique said. “Everyone was laughing all night about it. It’s going to be a story we’ll remember forever.”
* Or, they could have phoned the groom and had someone at the church swing by and pick them up. But this is a better story.
* If only there was a way to carry an extra, fully-inflated tire in your vehicle.
* Hope they got their money back from the limo company.
* So what does Brookline, New Hampshire have to do to qualify for Uber?
* I hate to be Debby Downer here, but did the car just pull over to see if they needed help or was the bride actually hitchhiking?
* I mean thumb out, side-of-the-road hitchhiking.
* Look, it’s a good enough story. There’s no need to embellish.
* Why stop there? How about if the limo driver and the bride start arguing but then fall in love and get married right there on the side of the road?
* Wait, the tire deflated? That’s a bad omen for the wedding night.
* PHONE TOPIC: My Wacky Wedding Story.