An Australian man has surprised friends by getting
married -- to his pet dog of five years, a golden labrador called
Honey.
Twenty-year-old Joe Guiso said the "marriage" ceremony performed
by a friend in the Queensland town of Toowoomba was simply a
creative and light-hearted way of bringing together family and
friends.
"This was just an event for my friends and I to get together,"
he told AFP on Friday. "It really was fun. We all dressed up in
suits and everything.
"But you can't actually marry a dog."
Guiso, who revelled at a stag night at a friend's house before
the event, says while he loves his dog, it is "just Plutonic
love".
"There's nothing sexual," he said, adding that he hoped no one
was offended by the unconventional pooch partnership. "It really
should be taken lightly."
