FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

Tourist comes into town, big seafood buff.

He gets into a cab, asks the driver, "Where can I get scrod?"

Cabbie turns around, looks at him. "Bud," he says, "I've been asked that many times, many ways. But that's the first time I ever heard it asked for in the pluperfect subjunctive."

[OzJohnnie]

Well folks, today will be the last day I post as a single man.  Thanks for all the marriage advice.  I will follow very little of it

I will check in a few times today, but then it's off for a brief stop in St. Cloud prior to a week in Mexico.  Behave when I'm gone.  I'll have a drink on the beach for each of you

Best of luck, Duff.

[OzJohnnie]

DM;  You should be so lucky as to have 3 brothers-in-law that you can actually get into trouble with... in my estimation it's your primary back-up reason for getting married.

A detailed agenda for your wedding day would be welcomed.... which church, where's the grooms dinner, where's the reception....

Five, actually!  Three are her brothers, but she's got two brother-in-laws that join in the debauchery, as well

Groom's dinner at House of Pizza
Wedding at St. Francis Xavier Church
Reception at the Radisson
Honeymoon a bit south of Playa del Carmen...but I ain't telling you where 

Good work!

The Great Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral, SC Civic Center and the Gunflint Trail for me... of course, it was all about the walleye fishing afterwards....

No grooms dinner cause my witness came from out of town, JP on Grand Lake, Ace Bar and Cafe, Raddison South and a Twins game.

Judge's chambers at the St Cloud courthouse; lunch at the Radisson; honeymoon at the Duluth Holiday Inn (long weekend); wedding night?  Too cold to walk the one block to the restaurant... night spent watching the Twins and eating popcorn in the Holiday Inn sports bar.

(We thought church mice were rich - and we had to beat the immigration police and get married within 60 days of the little lady entering the country.  Luckily (for me) a church wedding and more acceptable honeymoon followed two months later.)

After that? We just past 16 years and as far as she tells me we are still going strong.

[DustySJU]

DM;  You should be so lucky as to have 3 brothers-in-law that you can actually get into trouble with... in my estimation it's your primary back-up reason for getting married.

A detailed agenda for your wedding day would be welcomed.... which church, where's the grooms dinner, where's the reception....

Five, actually!  Three are her brothers, but she's got two brother-in-laws that join in the debauchery, as well

Groom's dinner at House of Pizza
Wedding at St. Francis Xavier Church
Reception at the Radisson
Honeymoon a bit south of Playa del Carmen...but I ain't telling you where 

Good work!

The Great Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral, SC Civic Center and the Gunflint Trail for me... of course, it was all about the walleye fishing afterwards....

No grooms dinner cause my witness came from out of town, JP on Grand Lake, Ace Bar and Cafe, Raddison South and a Twins game.

Judge's chambers at the St Cloud courthouse; lunch at the Radisson; honeymoon at the Duluth Holiday Inn (long weekend); wedding night?  Too cold to walk the one block to the restaurant... night spent watching the Twins and eating popcorn in the Holiday Inn sports bar.

(We thought church mice were rich - and we had to beat the immigration police and get married within 60 days of the little lady entering the country.  Luckily (for me) a church wedding and more acceptable honeymoon followed two months later.)

After that? We just past 16 years and as far as she tells me we are still going strong.

I like your style Oz!

[janesvilleflash]

Speaking of weddings, 2 summers ago my middle son got married. It's a long story, but in the end, they asked me to perform the services. I got ordained on the internet, checked with the county to make sure it was going to be legal and did the deed. It was an out door wedding, and some of my friends were sure a dark storm would swoop down and do us all in. All went well, in fact I was asked several times after to do other weddings, but my stock answer was "you don't have enough money to get me to do that again." Mrs. Flash was on me like a Pinkerton all morning the day of the wedding to make sure I didn't get in the sauce. Probably a good thing.

[tmerton]

We had the groom's dinner ("rehearsal" dinner) at a hotel that has since been turned into a psychiartic facility; would that qualify as a foreshadowing?  We had the wedding at our local parish church and the reception at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley.  What can I say - it was free - all we had to do was clean it ourselves, which we did the day before the wedding.  We spent days before the reception cutting up veggies, bought champagne and Gallo chablis on sale, asked guests to bring food as their gifts, and hired an off-duty airline stewardess to pass things around.  (All in all we did the wedding and reception for well under $1,000.)  The wedding night was at a house we borrowed up in the Berkeley Hills - we had no money for a honeymoon trip, or time either as we both had school starting a few days later (she teaching and me learning).  We did get to go back east for my brother's wedding in New Jersey two weeks later, though (we flew Peoples Express - remember that?). Almost 29 years ago.

[sjusection105]

It will be 13 years in October.
St. Mary's Parish in Melrose.
We broke rank with my wife's entire family by NOT having the reception at the VFW in Melrose. The reception was in Cold Spring at the Blue Herron. My mother-inlaw swore that nobody would show up as it would be quite a drive from the church. I told her it will be a great time and everyone will show up. To her surprise we had 300 people show up (304 RSVP'd) I LOVE being right 

Like BDB & Mrs. BDB we too went to Winnepeg for my new bride's first trip out of Stearns County....I mean out of the country.

[OzJohnnie]

I like your style Oz!

Though the wife takes (seemingly) great pleasure in repeatedly pointing out how obtuse I can be, even my dim vision can see that there was very little style in that poor excuse for a ceremony.  I appreciate the support all the same (and if your statement was in jest, then the wife appreciates the support...)

I like to think that my winning personality and years of love and loyalty I have given since make up for it.  Is that a winning argument, Bennie?

[sumander]

Sorrry, to interrupt this wedding talk (23 yrs on 5.18 for me) but, story out of the Fargo Fool-Em about a DE from NDSU that may be heading to SJU!

[janesvilleflash]

Off to Madison for the weekend. Going to Hooters for the first time. I'm sure they will like me there.

[tmerton]

Happy Friday and k to all (even an appearance by Sum!).  Let us keep the House of Pizza in our thoughts and prayers.

[DustySJU]

We had the groom's dinner ("rehearsal" dinner) at a hotel that has since been turned into a psychiartic facility; would that qualify as a foreshadowing?  We had the wedding at our local parish church and the reception at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley.  What can I say - it was free - all we had to do was clean it ourselves, which we did the day before the wedding.  We spent days before the reception cutting up veggies, bought champagne and Gallo chablis on sale, asked guests to bring food as their gifts, and hired an off-duty airline stewardess to pass things around.  (All in all we did the wedding and reception for well under $1,000.)  The wedding night was at a house we borrowed up in the Berkeley Hills - we had no money for a honeymoon trip, or time either as we both had school starting a few days later (she teaching and me learning).  We did get to go back east for my brother's wedding in New Jersey two weeks later, though (we flew Peoples Express - remember that?). Almost 29 years ago.

Priceless TMert!  Tremendous use of resource.

My only regret is wishing we would have gotten married in The Great Hall following our colossal grooms dinner there that night.   

[tmerton]

We had the groom's dinner ("rehearsal" dinner) at a hotel that has since been turned into a psychiartic facility; would that qualify as a foreshadowing?  We had the wedding at our local parish church and the reception at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley.  What can I say - it was free - all we had to do was clean it ourselves, which we did the day before the wedding.  We spent days before the reception cutting up veggies, bought champagne and Gallo chablis on sale, asked guests to bring food as their gifts, and hired an off-duty airline stewardess to pass things around.  (All in all we did the wedding and reception for well under $1,000.)  The wedding night was at a house we borrowed up in the Berkeley Hills - we had no money for a honeymoon trip, or time either as we both had school starting a few days later (she teaching and me learning).  We did get to go back east for my brother's wedding in New Jersey two weeks later, though (we flew Peoples Express - remember that?). Almost 29 years ago.

Priceless TMert!  Tremendous use of resource.

My only regret is wishing we would have gotten married in The Great Hall following our colossal grooms dinner there that night.   

Hey, the wedding itself was worth the price of admission.  We had an organist from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (the Episcopal seminary on the west coast) plus a couple who sang and played guitars; an ex-nun did a liturgical dance and a priest from Seattle performed a mime.  My mother (a good Presbyterian) received her first communion ever in a Catholic church - as did a good Jewish friend of mine, courtesy of Mrs. tmerton.  (We used real bread; my mother thought her piece was too big so she took a bite and then put the rest in her purse.)  The parents of one of my law school roommates were in the audience, and the husband was heard remarking to his wife, "I wonder when they bring in the elephants."

But it sure was fun.

[finsleft]

Happy Friday and k to all (even an appearance by Sum!).  Let us keep the House of Pizza in our thoughts and prayers.

I might just have to stop in at the House of Pizza for a slice on my way to the Red Carpet tonight.

[bennie]

I like to think that my winning personality and years of love and loyalty I have given since make up for it.  Is that a winning argument, Bennie?

All of the above and some nice gifts (jewelry, perfume, a spa weekend) from time to time should make up for it!