July 26, 2001

10:22 AM

How about some feel-good stories? Anybody heard about the lovesick guy in Australia who flew to England to surprise his girlfriend, only she flew to Australia to surprise him at the same time? And from Cincinnati, a healthy baby girl was born to a mother who's been in a coma since a car crash 8 months ago.
posted by msacheson (9 comments total)

I know people have asked to post less regurgitated news on MeFi, but I at least wanted to balance darker stories with nice ones such as these. I hope they brighten your day!
posted by msacheson at 10:24 AM on July 26, 2001

I read the second on this morning, made me a bit sad really.

(ick, the gate's site blows. a link a little closer to the story.)
posted by Mick at 10:50 AM on July 26, 2001

i don't know if a baby being born to a woman in a coma is such a feel-good story. the baby's mom is in a coma, after all. the lovesick guy story reminds me of that friends episode where ross flies to britain. in fact, it's pretty much exactly that episode, except australia, not britain.
posted by moz at 11:17 AM on July 26, 2001

It probably made the father/husband feel pretty good. He didn't lose both of them, after all.
posted by mudbug at 11:29 AM on July 26, 2001

The lovesick guy story is a duplicate of a recent commercial, where the guy and girlfriend fly to surprise each other in Paris and DC. . . anybody remember that ad?
posted by Dreama at 12:02 PM on July 26, 2001

Their return planes passed each other in mid-air.

Why didn't one of them just stay put?
posted by jpoulos at 12:18 PM on July 26, 2001

The second story sounds a little to close to 'girlfriend in a coma' (the book, not the song) for my liking. I hope this isn't the start of the end of the world.
posted by Singular at 2:15 PM on July 26, 2001

> I hope this isn't the start of the end of the world.

I'm half hoping it is.
posted by pracowity at 11:37 PM on July 26, 2001

I know, I know, it's serious....
posted by jpoulos at 6:51 AM on July 27, 2001