Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW BERLIN, Ill., April 6 (UPI) -- An Illinois couple with the last names Burger and King embraced the humor of their pairing by posing with a Burger King sign for their engagement announcement. New Berlin residents Joel Burger and Ashley King said they are billing their nuptials as the "Burger-King wedding," breaking with a tradition of putting the bride's name first in the announcement, as a means of embracing the nickname they've shared for decades. Advertisement Burger and King said they didn't start dating until college, but they first met in kindergarten and received the "Burger King" nickname during a fifth grade assembly. "After the man was finished with his motivational speech, he asked the two fifth-grade [student council] representatives to stand up as he wanted the students to applaud our efforts in helping set up his event. As soon as he said, 'Joel Burger and Ashley King,' he started to laugh out loud and pronounced we were 'Burger King,'" King told the The State Journal Register newspaper. The couple showed their good humor about the nickname by posing in front of a Burger King sign for their engagement announcement. Advertisement Read More California Highway Patrol shares photos of rescued baby owl N.Y. woman gets permission to serve divorce papers via Facebook Pandas set mating time record in China 100-year-old swimmer backstrokes to world record in Japan Tennessee restaurant customer finds 50 pearls in oyster
