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News of the Weird—June 17, 2026

That’s One Way to Do It

That’s One Way to Do It One Australian couple’s wedding reception had it all: speeches, cake ... tug-of-war, a potato-sack race. You know, the usual. When Melbourne couple Brett Borland, 30, and Georgie Abela, 31, were preparing to tie the knot, they couldn’t decide what their new last name would be as a married couple.

“We plan to have a family and want everyone to have the same last name,” Brett told People , “but Georgie wasn’t sold on parting with her surname and I was open to taking her last name.” Borland and Abela each come from large families and wanted them to mingle at the wedding,…

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