Stump
I’ve been to a few weddings where I hope nobody saw my eyes rolling. I lived in Santa Cruz (where said weddings took place) … wacky stuff occurs there on a regular basis.
I’ve been to a few weddings where I hope nobody saw my eyes rolling. I lived in Santa Cruz (where said weddings took place) … wacky stuff occurs there on a regular basis.
We held my cousins wedding in a forest, but nobody gathered arround the “sacred” stump or did the hokey pokey. And there were no woodland ferries either. It was just your typical boring average joe wedding.
i’ll forgo the inevitable “hokey pokey” joke….
Though they might not be collinear (or even parallel, for that matter) with my own beliefs, I *love* attending weddings like the one Beebs is having. I think most people should dread the idea of their wedding being the “typical boring average joe wedding” as Stick called it.
Which is why I may not like going to formal ceremonies in general (I’m a “just do it and move on” type myself) if I have to go, having fun while I am there is a definite plus. So seeing something I wouldn’t ordinarily see because it’s not in my usual footpath through life – I cherish those as my chances to take a peek at life itself.
Always a bonus.
Wolf… Say what? Sorry but that is not my quote, it eminated from squid man above. BTW, “stick” is with a lower case “s” and I find weddings of all sorts to be entertaining. People watching cornucopias they are.
squid… Again, I like how you changed your name to all lower-case and welcome to the club.
Looks like the almighty ministress is wearing a sorting hat, making her to be either a full-blown wizard or just a witch.
And, it seems that Randie’s one of those who just must talk through television programs and movies… maybe sports games too, if she knows anything about what is going on and possibly still even is she doesn’t have the faintest clue. That’s a good reason right there for Ryan liking to read so much. Randie can’t interrupt and comment on what he’s reading.
On occasion I come across one or another of those courtroom shows that has one party that just can’t stand there and be quiet while the other person accuses them. They blurt out stuff, they oppose, the argue, they shout, they cut off the other person and they fidget and shake when told to shut it, until they again cannot stay quiet any longer. Then the judge kicks them out.
brig… Nice change up with the comic design. Four images, huge dialog, one panel. I especially like how the trees tie all the images together.
Our wedding was one of those traditional ones. A church, a pastor, an organist, white wedding dress, tuxedo. We loved it. Since our 30th anniversary is coming up in August, I’d have to say it’s worked out well.
Our oldest son had a wedding with his bride-to-be saying, “Well, let’s get this over with”, followed by a ten minute ceremony on the back porch of her mom’s home, with the couple’s parents (her mom and us), crowded to the back.
But the most interesting one my wife and I attended was the wiccan wedding ceremony of two women. The ladies were both friends of ours and they invited us despite our own confessional Christian beliefs. While we didn’t approve of a pagan ceremony, they were our friends and we said that we would be happy to attend, but that we would not participate in the rituals. It was held at the Yellow House Hotel and was an ideal setting. The priestess invoked the various forces of nature (according to season, if I recall), cast a circle of rose petals to protect against bad spirits, then everyone (except my wife and I) lit candles and rang bells to summon good spirits. The service concluded with the bride and… er… other bride… jumping over a sword. And I think a broomstick, too. (My apologies for any misrememerbings of mine; it’s been about 15 years.) Then everyone retired upstairs for the reception, which was much more mainstream except for the carved pumpkins that served as centerpieces.
Wow… those are some great accounts of weddings… I can’t help but think that some weddings could’ve been enhanced by the Hokey Pokey (or squid man… maybe the fairies might’ve helped). I’m sure some marriages have been compared to the Hokey Pokey. Firedome: fire away… it’s okay!
Anyhoo… I enjoy weddings that break from the traditional a bit (as GreyWolf put it…the NON-average joe weddings). I have an artist friend whose wedding had belly-dancing and a potluck situation in her artsy backyard. It was a fun one for sure. However, there were no sword-jumping or broom hopping and there was certainly no sorting hats (stick: the sorting hat is hair).
And congrats on 30 years, Pete… you found something special, no doubt.
Thanks for the compliment, stick… I feel that it got a bit crowded, now that I look at it. But we learn as we go. Smiles.
“Mawwiage…”
I don’t blame Randy at all. I would be sorely tempted to go MST3K on an event like this.
Dada,
I can’t see a wedding ceremony without thinking “Wuv, twue wuv, is what bwings us togedder today…”. Best movie ever!
(“Princess Bride”, for you poor unfortunate, uninitiated types)
Ya know…
That sacred stump could be a sacrificial altar, the biblical kind, like that used when God commanded Abraham to sacrifice up his son Isaac.
It’d make for an interesting marriage metaphor.
Dada… MSTK3K is right! GAh! I love that show! That would’ve made a good toon… the silhouette of R&R whilst sitting in a theater with the wedding going on.
Jude… I agree that Princess Bride is top 10. I think it is one of the most quotable films on record.
stick… um… then there’s the “off with her head” sort of connotation… but maybe we ought not go there.
I must say that I have never seen MSTK3K (Monterey Salinas Transit Klub
3000?) or Princess Bride, as I do not watch much t.v., or see many movies.
I will say that I have attended an Egyptian (complete with bellydancing), and a greek wedding. They were both unusual and fun!
squid… MST3K (brig inadvertently threw in an extra “K”) is shorthand for “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” It was a kid’s TV show that had a guy and his two puppet friends sitting with their backs to the camera watching old time sci-fi flicks and talking, commenting, joking, critiquing and offering up their own dialog through out the entire movies.
brig… Yah, Randie is sure playing the yak-through-the-entire-event role today. Fortunately Ryan is there to shush her ramblings. I think letting that old show pass is best. Lots of folks would not get the reference.
Getting married at a sacrificial altar… ha… makes me laugh. ::chuckles::
Stick: yep, meant to tag Squid, not you – I blame the lack of coffee ::nods:: ::nods::
stick: the “K” is not inadvertent… 3K is short for 3000. But your assessment of MST3K is correct. And I disagree… Mystery Science Theater is a cult fav. It is sorely missed.
brig, brig… As I mentioned earlier, you had written MSTK3K with an extra, second “K,” to which squid man had guessed it to stand for “Monterey Salinas Transit Klub 3000.” Personally, I never got into that show but am glad you enjoyed it.
MST3K was definitely NOT a kid’s show!!! Those one-liners Joel, Mike, and the ‘bots threw around were definitely not for the younger audiences, a lot of the references they made would not be understood by the under-20 set. Me and my buds would religiously watch it every weekend when it aired around midnight on Comedy Central.