A bridal arch made up of rowers' oars caused havoc this weekend at the wedding of an Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race steward.
The blushing bride and her retinue of lovely maids-of-honor has just walked through the ceremonial arch when someone in the congregation piped up 'Why all them oars, Mum?'
'Shut up, Johnny,' a stern matronly voice hissed back, 'they're bridesmaids, you little idiot, not 'ores!'
