Monday, December 28, 2009
Fastest update of relationship status - Dana Hanna
and Tracy Page set world record
ABINGTON, MD, USA--Dana
Hanna interrupted his own wedding to whip out his
cellphone and update his relationship status on Facebook and
peck out a Tweet,
declaring he had just been married; he also handed a cellphone
over to his wife to do the same-both setting the world record
for the Fastest
update of relationship status. Photo: "I now pronounce you husband and
wife. It's official on Facebook, it's official in my book,"
the minister says to laughter from guests. "You may now kiss
the bride."
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photo) Software developer Dana Hanna threw
caution to the wind as he stopped after declaring his vows
to type the bizarre update on the social networking site.
As a stunned congregation looked on Dana
told cyberspace 'Standing at the altar with @TracyPage where
just a second ago, she became my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss
my bride.'
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photo)
Hanna also updated his Facebook relationship
status to 'married' during the ceremony.
He had told the minister leading the service
at the Mountain
Christian Church in Joppato find him an opportunity
to announce his news on cyberspace during the wedding.
Since it was posted on
YouTube it has had nearly 1,400,000 hits.
In emailed comments, American Hanna explained
that he and his new wife were 'very technology centric' and
used Facebook and Twitter to keep in touch with their large
families scattered across the U.S.
He wrote: 'In fact, when we got engaged, we changed
our Facebook statuses and didn't even call anyone since the
word would spread on Facebook far faster than it would have
over the phone.
'After doing that, we received a lot of laughs,
and some minor criticism from family whom were insulted that
we couldn't even pick up the phone to call them.
'It became a bit of a joke between all of us.'
To prepare for the gag, Hanna had the maid
of honour swipe Tracy's mobile just before the wedding. He
pre-typed Twitter and Facebook messages into both of their
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