Two German children - aged six and seven - have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say.

The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport.

They even had the presence of mind to invite along an official witness - Anna-Lena´s five-year-old sister.

The three got as far as Hanover railway station before police intervened.

The young couple were "very much in love" and had decided to get married in Africa "where it is warm", police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP news agency.

Officers persuaded the children they would not get far without tickets and money, but consoled them with a free tour of the police station, where they were shortly picked up by relieved parents.

Although any marriage plans have been put on hold for now, police did not altogether rule out the possibility of an African wedding.

"They can still put their plan into action at a later date," AFP quoted the spokesman as saying.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7811686.stm

That really is rushing into marrige.......

 I hope you had a happy birthday on Jan 1st Catwoman

I wanted to make a lovely thread about it, but Femmeous threatened me and sent me horrible PMs warning me that it would take the attention away from her

Canim... I´ve been trying to tell you to dump that Borat... she doesn´t deserve you! You and me on the other hand... well... we would be perfect together, and you would never be "not in the mood" again...

 Hmmmmm ...tempting... I have been waiting for you to dump Meltem

Don´t worry darling.. she seems to not be around much lately... we can have something innocent together in the meanwhile..

   I might not be around much lately, but it seems that I´m around at the right times. Well, not right for you!!!

OK, catwoman, feel free to do whatever you want, becauseeee I won´t be around for a while.

Canim... it was just a joke, nothing happened (although she wanted to..).