"According to local folklore, Muckle Flugga and nearby Out Stack were formed when two giants, Herman and Saxa, fell in love with the same mermaid. They fought over her by throwing large rocks at each other, one of which became Muckle Flugga. To get rid of them, the mermaid offered to marry whichever one would follow her to the North Pole. They both followed her and drowned, as neither could swim"Was absolutely not prepared for the name of this lighthouse https://t.co/amqhyOlaLm
— Jess in the Wild (@Jess_inthewild) August 31, 2023
Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Today's news and jokes
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
This story about a wedding in Aspen sounds like a modern take on The Masque of the Red Death
All you need to change is the midnight musical act to have been a plague lord.
Monday, November 15, 2021
3D printed mirror array reflects sunlight to spell out "marry me?"
eight years later, he said yes ❤️ pic.twitter.com/WLd8AI9IRE
— Ben Bartlett (@bencbartlett) November 9, 2021
Details on the project here.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
"A wedding in Guizhou was canceled after the bride discovered the underwear bought for her as part of a local wedding tradition was too small"
According to local customs, the groom’s side was supposed to buy the bride a new outfit from top to bottom, including shoes (a custom called shàngtoulǐ “上头礼”). But because the undergarment purchased by the groom was too tight, the wedding ceremony was called off at the very last moment.
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The too-tight underwear case is about more than just being a size too small. The Chinese idiom “wear tight shoes” (chuān xiǎoxié ‘穿小鞋’) means “to make life difficult.” Giving someone tight shoes to wear (给人穿小鞋) means making things hard for someone by abusing one’s power.
In this case, although it is about the groom’s side giving the bride too-tight underwear instead of shoes, the bride’s side allegedly took it as a sign that the groom wanted to teach his future wife a lesson that he would not make life easy for her and would want her to be obedient.
The bride later spoke to Red Star News (红星新闻) to clarify that things were not as simple as presented in the viral news story. The fact that the underwear that was bought for her was too tight – the bra was two sizes too small – was indeed a problem, but it was just the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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Other netizens also share their own stories, such as the experience of ‘King Cat Wants To Travel’, who says that her mother-in-law was never involved in the planning of her wedding until she absolutely insisted on making the bed on the night before the wedding.
“I found out why on our wedding day,” she writes: “She put the duvet from their family on top of mine”
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Ten funny tweets
I’m by far not the best person but by far the worst thing I’ve ever done is accidentally touch the mailman through my house’s mail slot. I have never before heard the sort of noise he made after reaching into what he hoped was the cold embrace of a mail slot and finding a hand.— Kayla Ancrum (@KaylaAncrum) January 20, 2020
wearing a turtleneck is like yes, i have books, but i also have secrets... and they are about sex— skoden liz warren (@nomunnynohunny) January 20, 2020
my dad just asked me, “what was the problem with that commercial where the man buys a thin wife?”— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 20, 2020
he was talking about the peloton ad.
This look like a Burger King watch https://t.co/T3AiVGDMsl— Loafer connoisseur (@Al_Laflare) January 19, 2020
this little girl is so 😭💖 pic.twitter.com/g1Cq3g4i6J— Your OG 🐩 (@LRNROSE) January 16, 2020
LMAO. LOOK AT MY DOG pic.twitter.com/z9qlS7pnf8— London ✍🏾 (@Unclelondonn) January 19, 2020
Bro ur lucky my weighted blanket is holding me back— Devon Palmer (@devon__palmer) January 16, 2020
George Kittle really came out to his postgame presser in a t-shirt with a shirtless Jimmy G 🤣— ESPN (@espn) January 20, 2020
"I was saving it for a special occasion. ... He even signed it." pic.twitter.com/cz3RhP931S
Before I proposed to my baby I was walking around the house for weeks like lmfaoooo pic.twitter.com/Cv0tf2e5V8— LapiZERO 🖋 (@ZerosBM) January 19, 2020
The way he looked back at it after he got TF out 💀 pic.twitter.com/xgRonxr0AQ— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) January 19, 2020
*More funny posts.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
"Pinterest And The Knot Will Stop Promoting Wedding Content That Romanticizes Former Slave Plantations"
Buzzfeed:
The Knot Worldwide, which owns the Knot and WeddingWire, is currently working on new guidelines to ensure wedding vendors on their websites don’t use language that glorifies, celebrates, or romanticizes Southern plantation history, chief marketing officer Dhanusha Sivajee told BuzzFeed News.
Although plantations will still be able to list themselves as venues, Sivajee said the new guidelines are meant to ensure that wedding vendors aren’t referring to a history that includes slavery using language such as “elegant" or “charming."
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A Pinterest spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that the company will restrict plantation wedding content on its website, and is working on de-indexing Google searches for plantation weddings on Pinterest. Though users can still search for it, they'll see an advisory that some of that content may violate Pinterest's policies.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Ten funny tweets
guys are like “i’m battling my demons” bro just say ur fantasy team is losing— kate (@kaiteasley) September 27, 2019
The existence of a Bon Jovi implies the existence of a Mal Jovi.— Juul e Laal (@antifatwa) September 27, 2019
Me getting ready to send an extremely mild tweet. https://t.co/dQd16newzx— Elena Bergeron (@ElenaBergeron) September 29, 2019
half the people on this site who love to say "be gay do crimes" fantasize about executing people who write fanfiction wrong— merritt k (@merrittk) September 29, 2019
we are the people who bring WD-40 to the playground pic.twitter.com/7PNmFkyXvH— Kathryn VanArendonk (@kvanaren) September 29, 2019
Doggggg pic.twitter.com/HaEp9DsRbA— Options Gang Karl 🇺🇸 (@_TheCivilRight) September 29, 2019
if i were defeated in a battle i would simply reveal my true form, that of a giant robot angel— merritt k (@merrittk) September 29, 2019
The old killers are scarier than the new ones. pic.twitter.com/BZbLFVmq7I— katie rosman (@katierosman) September 30, 2019
This name is PEAK Vows. {From today’s real Vows section.} pic.twitter.com/mbfexpCtOB— NYTimes Vows (@NYTvows) September 29, 2019
Crazy event at ORD. Heads up safety move by a ramp worker! pic.twitter.com/SQi5zB0Ooz— Kevin Klauer DO, EJD (@Emergidoc) September 30, 2019
*More funny posts.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Ten funny tweets
SEAN GUNN PLAYING AS ROCKET I CANT ALSKSKSJSJpic.twitter.com/QiYwKw5Ira— natasha ☾ (@midtown_spidey) July 30, 2019
"My mom has a podcast ... It's called voicemails that are two minutes long." -overheard in LA— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) August 5, 2019
There’s a sword of Damocles hanging over the stage, I assume it falls if we’re not funny pic.twitter.com/02n0HSvApU— Max Temkin (@MaxTemkin) August 2, 2019
imagine being the first peter who "petered out"— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) August 2, 2019
me, twice a year: “i’ll never fly spirit again.”— Peter Scattini (@jpscattini) July 31, 2019
me, this morning, after deciding i’d rather save 12 dollars: pic.twitter.com/ASqk3bb89j
Getting some absolutely superb ads on Instagram at the moment pic.twitter.com/NiFZlgetTJ— Ewan McGregor (@EwaSR) August 1, 2019
Darryl, Socrates' friend https://t.co/ThckQU44oi— 𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 (@PerthshireMags) July 31, 2019
I’m at a fancy beach on the Egyptian Mediterranean and “No niqab or topless” is a very specific brand of moderate social policy pic.twitter.com/pQLo9bwxeU— Tom Gara (@tomgara) August 4, 2019
patroclus: "ladies and gentlemen" is unnecessarily gendered, overly formal, lengthy and honestly i'm already falling asleep— incorrect patrochilles quotes (@wrongptrchlls) August 1, 2019
achilles: "cowards", on the other hand, is inclusive, to the point, and dramatic
the ad break includes a commercial for a pill named "otezla" that partially clears skin at the cost of nausea, diarrhea and depression at a listed price of $3,400 for a 30-day supply. anyway back to asking candidates why they'd change our terrific health care system— the norms misser (@cd_hooks) July 31, 2019
im the friend throwing the Rose petals 😭 https://t.co/HFktd4ojnC— unruly (@tyshaqur) August 5, 2019
*More funny tweets.
Monday, April 8, 2019
"Bakers from the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off reunited over the weekend to celebrate the nuptials of fellow contestant Martha Collison"
"The wedding was made especially sweet thanks to the culinary talents of the former Bake Off participants in attendance."
Friday, November 23, 2018
Gritty at a wedding
GRITTY JUST SHOWED UP AT THIS VERY PHILLY WEDDING I AM AT AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE STARSTRUCK IN MY LIFE pic.twitter.com/BYCZSC0J2C
— Mary Wagner (@marybwagner) November 24, 2018
More of Gritty’s first wedding content for your time pic.twitter.com/xyZXnuhrbL— Mary Wagner (@marybwagner) November 24, 2018
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME pic.twitter.com/9NriplJgoP— Mary Wagner (@marybwagner) November 24, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Micro horror anthology
Fun fact about this library: if a fire starts in the library, all the oxygen leaves the building killing all who are inside in order to protect the rare books https://t.co/PF29UoalCE— michael vincent (@mvddm) November 12, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Ten funny tweets
May your next snack be bigger than the previous snack pic.twitter.com/d8L2thfGyY— Deadprogrammer (@deadprogrammer) October 15, 2018
Hyped to bring @Palm back and share everything we’ve been working on since day 1! #LetsGo #LiveInTheMoment pic.twitter.com/SvVQZxJifT— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) October 15, 2018
Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for October 13, 2018 https://t.co/NlSA91WHZA pic.twitter.com/221PYsJGmQ— Nancy (@SluggoIsLit) October 13, 2018
I think about this clip every day of my life. pic.twitter.com/BKko1DnYZb— Brandon (@brandonlgtaylor) October 14, 2018
called my grandma asking for boy advice and she told me “if you have enough time in your schedule to worry about him, you should take another class.” my grandma serves her tea boiling— Sarah (@sarah_petti) October 11, 2018
Celebrities Reading Mean Tweets except it's Twitter execs reading tweets Twitter claimed didn't violate Twitter standards, to their moms— S.I. Rosenbaum (@sirosenbaum) October 15, 2018
Available in five flavors:— 💀🎃 Low Turnout Model 🎃💀 (@MaxTemkin) October 16, 2018
- Due Process Cherry
- Rule of Law Lemon-Lime
- Separation of Church & Grape
- Give Me Liberty or Give Me Blueberry
- Our Political System is Backsliding into Authoritarianism Mango
All fantasy nations have four festivals:— Brooding YA Hero (@broodingYAhero) October 17, 2018
1. harvest festival
2. That day the fortune-tellers/elves/acrobats come and ruin everything
3. not-Christmas, which just happens to be in winter and involve gift-giving and not-Santa
4. Masquerade ball day
Remember when they let the British public decide on the name of a boat? And the result was disregarded because they felt the public's decision was too silly to follow through on?— Bart Disembowel 🎃 (@bart_owl) October 16, 2018
That was just the name of a boat.
a long time ago, someone told me that I would be able to coast on my wedding photos on Instagram for months, and I regret to inform you that our photos are here and now you have to look at even more memories from a party you were not invited to pic.twitter.com/5dXkQgTLRK— Scaachi (@Scaachi) October 17, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Ten funny tweets
Did you know: Animation is cool and good. pic.twitter.com/i5v9Kw6rT8— kViN (@Yuyucow) August 25, 2015
For one brief, exhilarating moment, I didn't realize this was a cosplay and thought he was actually taking orders#SDCC #SDCC2018 pic.twitter.com/oE7T81ce7g— emily 👻 @ SDCC (@peppersghosts) July 22, 2018
Wow. This has made my week. This is from the government's *own* publication about the history of government communications. They mistakenly included a Scarfolk poster which encourages the killing of children. Clearly, nobody thought it was too extreme. (via @CraigHeap) pic.twitter.com/PITafePTKe— Scarfolk Council (@Scarfolk) July 20, 2018
[me showering in a hotel, every time]— Brian Firenzi (@mrbrianfirenzi) July 7, 2018
Ok sample size of shampoo and bath gel, let's see what you can do
[2 minutes later]
Incredible. I am lathered beyond compare. Cleansing bubbles from tip to toe. I am a vision in white bathfoam. Astonishing products. Simply astonishing
An Alabama fan got the Crimson Tide groom’s cake he wanted, until he cut into to it. His LSU fan wife was waiting (📷 by @WAFB) pic.twitter.com/vaAr8OGBPO— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 23, 2018
No false advertising here pic.twitter.com/hIMnRBcSWq— Stickboy Bangkok (@StickboyBangkok) July 22, 2018
— Surreal Memes Bot (@MemesSurreal) July 22, 2018
Putting a bell around a cow's neck to circumvent its stealthiness is just wrong. I say let them hunt.— Piece (@Piecezilla) June 20, 2016
While leaving SDCC today I witnessed a Mercy rescuing a Reaper who got his cloak caught in the escalator pic.twitter.com/MS44CyINjT— Sophia Foster-Dimino (@hellophia) July 22, 2018
When your dog doesn’t like making friends pic.twitter.com/sYqkEi7JLX— Amanda Mull (@amandamull) July 21, 2018
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Ten funny tweets
Therapist: what's upsetting you?— Ally Gator 🐊 (@notacroc) March 9, 2016
Wife: he's always using common phrases incorrectly
Me: cry me a table, Linda
Expectant Mother Finds Low-Budget Clone Of Unborn Son On App Store https://t.co/4qOa63k2OP pic.twitter.com/M5GBote5Nc— Point & Clickbait (@pointclickbait) June 28, 2018
Zel, longtime portable-restroom fan, got a toy Porta Potty for his birthday! pic.twitter.com/VRgG9D0QE3— Neven Mrgan (@mrgan) June 30, 2018
I'm helping the tiny man make a lego triceratops and he is insisting I say 'Oh my Gosh!' after every step.— Ricky Haggett (@KommanderKlobb) June 30, 2018
I’m available for gate crashing weddings to deliver curses. I’ve the perfect outfit for it too. https://t.co/FcyNK6bnVe— Olivia Wood 🐾 (@babelfishwars) June 30, 2018
Episode IX but the knights of ren are actually the guys from Queer Eye helping Supreme Leader Kylo Ren put his life back together— sleemo (@sleemo_) June 30, 2018
This just made my year.— TODD SPENCE (@Todd_Spence) June 29, 2018
JURASSIC PARK, but everyone including the dinosaurs is wearing high heels. (source Imgur) pic.twitter.com/XeuhJBftVj
Sumo wrestlers in the top division are allowed to sell autographed hand prints, or tegata (手形), as souvenirs for fans. A lot of the top Yokozuna have this process down pat: https://t.co/n9qe1CZL4q— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) July 1, 2018
My 5-year-old just told me he’s changing his name to Harrison, and now i have to tell him he doesn’t have the BDE to pull it off. Parenting is hard.— Jessica Blankenship (@blanketboat) June 29, 2018
I feel this Chinese poster for UK holidays may be slightly overselling the possibility of Nessie sightings. pic.twitter.com/h32FCj5DqO— Mat Osman (@matosman) July 1, 2018
Brian Windhorst rips Paul George to shreds over OKC Thunder contract pic.twitter.com/brjOiEzChY— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 1, 2018
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Monday, May 21, 2018
Ten funny tweets
Dentist: open— your bff alex (@psybermonkey) May 15, 2018
Me: ok but please don't be mad
The second picture 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/4olOylV6m2— FΔHI 🦇 (@feeFahifofum) May 19, 2018
A young Prince Harry sticking his tongue out to the paparazzi as he arrives for a school nativity play with his mother Princess Diana. pic.twitter.com/ZxRg0lBgnT— This Is Not Porn (@Thisisnotporn) September 15, 2017
Our hotel room has a rotary phone...and there’s a QR code on the wall to download a video that explains how to use it. pic.twitter.com/RF2hrxD0xT— Dr. David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) May 19, 2018
— everybird (@_everybird_) May 19, 2018
The bathrooms in this place had such a cool idea — transparent glass that goes opaque when you lock them! Buuttttttttt they disabled it a month ago... because a sensor went bad and the glass went transparent right in the middle of someone’s journey. pic.twitter.com/HejPJ0i5z0— Cabel Maxfield Sasser (@cabel) May 20, 2018
The water cycle pic.twitter.com/ROgI2MgAH6— Sam Marc (@Sam_Geog) May 21, 2018
a bird landed on my girlfriends head pic.twitter.com/RzAEMlqK2N— 🚧 (@spreadterror) May 20, 2018
— FREAK SCENE フサオ (@AcidEater_Fusao) April 1, 2018
I bought an anemone for my clownfish to live in but instead they’re living in a random coral while a non-anemone hosting fish constantly lays in the anemone and the anemone isn’t eating him ??? pic.twitter.com/hA6lEcOpA7— Taylor Nicole Dean (@taylorndean) May 21, 2018
Couldn’t remember if Kraven was in the Spider-Man musical (which I saw) and boy was he ever pic.twitter.com/gPdPgcXGfa— Derek Charm (@derek_charm) May 21, 2018
Friday, December 1, 2017
"Inside Hong Kong–based It-Girl Feiping Chang’s Wedding Extravaganza in Capri"
Vogue:
“He lured me to the lake one day under the pretense of a sudden interest in trout fishing,” recalls Feiping. “So I was wearing the most hideous anorak with jeans and boots. We got to the lake, got in a little rowboat, and he proceeded to row us around a group of ducks that kept swimming away from us.”
At some point during the excursion, a microphone battery pack fell out of Lincoln’s jacket and Feiping began to suspect that the “tourists” on the shore snapping photos of the scenery might actually be taking pictures of the two of them. “All of a sudden, it dawned on me that the whole setup was a hilarious attempt at recreating that romantic scene from The Notebook,” admits Feiping. “After that, the proposal all happened very quickly, as I was laughing hysterically. I only heard from him later that it was duck hunting season in New Zealand, and he had to source a few hundred ducks from duck breeders just to deposit into the lake. It was all very thoughtful—an imperfectly perfect proposal.”
Monday, June 12, 2017
"It’s so dangerous being a bridesmaid in China that some brides are hiring professionals instead"
Qz:
Bridesmaid traditions have a long history in China. In the feudal era centuries ago, when the female womb was seen as a precious resource for the production of an heir, brides were susceptible to kidnapping at weddings by rival clans and hooligans. Shouldering the responsibility to protect the bride, bridesmaids were dressed up like the bride to lower the risk that she might be identified and robbed. As legal protections for marriage were established, this was no longer necessary, and the role of bridesmaid took a more symbolic turn.Article from 2016, but brought to my attention today because of this.
Monday, August 22, 2016
"Sir Ian McKellen was offered one million pounds to dress as his Lord Of The Rings character Gandalf and officiate at the wedding of a Facebook billionaire"
"I said, 'I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings.'"
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