Time for something whimsical. This from Times Online
January 24, 2007
"Fancy A Farmer?"
A group of lonely Welsh dairy farmers have put their photographs on milk bottles in a desperate bid to find a date.
Five single farmers have advertised their lonely hearts on bottles of Calon Wen organic milk.
Their pictures are accompanied by the slogan Fancy A Farmer?, and "Ffansi Ffarmwr?" in Welsh, along with a website address where potential love interests can find out more details.
The scheme was devised by Iwan Jones, a 30-year-old single farmer from Groes, near Denbigh, in north Wales.
Mr Jones, who is a director of Calon Wen - a co-operative of organic dairy farmers - said he came up with the idea for the rural matchmaking scheme after realising a significant number of Welsh farmers were single.
"The Welsh countryside is a great place to live, with stunning scenery, but it can be a hard place to find a date, as I’m finding out," he said.
"Calon Wen was founded to support family farmers but a quarter of our members are single, which was becoming a bit of a joke.
"We want to encourage farmers to consider on-line dating as a fun way of meeting people."
The project is jointly run between the Calon Wen milk company and www.pishynwales.com, the billingual online dating agency, where interested people can discover how to meet the farmer of their dreams.
Mr Jones, who features on the milk bottles himself, lists his interests as "supporting Wrexham FC and listening to music".
He said: "It’s just a bit of a laugh really but if an attractive young lady contacts me I certainly won’t turn her away."
The project, which features three men and two women, is launched tomorrow on St Dwynwen’s Day which celebrates the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
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