tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881688965843328912.post4078494854179385034..comments2024-02-14T04:09:14.190-05:00Comments on The Angry Historian: A Simple Matter of Etiquette...PottsAntiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03996434189713842936noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881688965843328912.post-42012256875141411002010-11-15T10:24:26.780-05:002010-11-15T10:24:26.780-05:00I'm going to do homemade invitations as well. ...I'm going to do homemade invitations as well. Frankly, the cost of store-made ones is just ridiculous. <br /><br />I figured you were going to demand Amazon gift cards to pay for your Kindle habit...PottsAntiqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996434189713842936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881688965843328912.post-61669227579281223732010-11-14T13:28:35.481-05:002010-11-14T13:28:35.481-05:00I am doing homemade wedding invitations and you ha...I am doing homemade wedding invitations and you have given me inspiration!<br /><br />Perhaps I can take assaults on etiquette to new heights by not only including a registry card but hand writing on a line I leave blank the gift I have selected each guest to purchase as though I were organizing a pot luck. That way I don't end up with doubles that I have to later return! ;-)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03998397530309269321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881688965843328912.post-70728310888830751952010-11-12T17:32:28.929-05:002010-11-12T17:32:28.929-05:00Weddings and baby showers are a staple of Dear Abb...Weddings and baby showers are a staple of Dear Abby and every other advice column that has ever existed. <br /><br />I'm convinced more mid-air collisions happen over those two events than the rest of humanity's intermingling combined.<br /><br />And the naked greed exhibited at some of these events rivals anything Corporate America has moistened with its slobber.La Piazza Ganciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541428960602820693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881688965843328912.post-63705850184563174722010-11-12T12:07:34.461-05:002010-11-12T12:07:34.461-05:00As long as the couple is going to exploit their sp...As long as the couple is going to exploit their special occasion for crass commercialism, it's high time wedding guests started having fun with it. <br /><br />*Cram dollar bills into the bride's panties. <br />*Equip the groom with a tear away tuxedo. <br />*When it's time to greet the new couple, ask them to list possible reasons why you should give them money/a gift.<br />*Hold one of the grandparents hostage until you are sure they haven't returned your gift for money.<br />*Ask the groom if an extra two hundred for the bride dance will get you a happy ending.<br />*Appreciate the company of people you know and love to be around in a place where no one has to pay for parking or crappy chicken/fish/steak.richgoldstein13https://www.blogger.com/profile/13024589882600654072noreply@blogger.com