An Ikea Wedding
Where to get married if you're in love and love Swedish furniture? Why, the Ikea in Paramus, New Jersey, of course. Five randomly selected couples will be married in the store on February 11. Helping to whisk the bride and groom into a happy, stable relationship for years to come are Chuck Woolery of "The Dating Game" and "Love Connection" and Mayor James J. Tedesco. Besides eternally wedded bliss, the couples receive $1,000 gift certificate toward furnishing their abode. Hair, makeup, flowers, DJ cake, "champagne" toast (for some reason champagne is in quotes in the press release) and a wedding meal. You do need to provide your own marriage license and wedding gown. Register here. I'd love to hear from anyone who is enough in love with particle board furniture to enter.
The contest reminds me of the Duck Tape wedding. And then there's the more recent Star Jones wedding product-placement nightmare and Donald Trump's half-price ring and other wedding freebies.
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behan.
i always enjoy your posts. i might just have to fire up a blog site one of these days. life in japan and all that. i found the duck tape wedding very interesting. more so on account that "duck tape" brand duct tape is an ohio corporation. in excellent company with: wendy's, bob evans, smuckers, and the limited/gap/whatever conglomeration.
ohio truly is the heart of it all.
here's a random tidbit. one of the greatest phrases i've ever heard is "sodai gomi (so-dye go-me)." literally "big trash." it's applied to retired companymen. so a guy works his whole life for the company. after he retires, he just sits around the house driving his wife crazy (the fire of hatred momentarily rekindled in the dying embers of lifelong resignation) and waiting to die.
no friends. no interests. no hobbies. big trash.
it's getting late, and i have class tomorrow morning.
maybe i'll call you one of these days - send me your phone number, if you want.
-skee-
What were Marsha and I thinking? I wonder if it's too late for us to change our plans and move our wedding date up a few months...