Le Sabot Post-Moderne

Right on, Discoman. White Merlot is a abomination of nature, a Frankensteinish attempt by man to play God and create something that offends the Order of Things. Other recent manifestations of such hubris are caffeinated beer (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1519&e=16&u=/afp/usbeercoffeecompany)and liquid donuts (http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/21/news/midcaps/krispy_kreme/).

This mixing things that should not be combined is an abomination in the sight of the Lord. Leviticus 19:19, Deuteronomy 22:9-10

Incidentaly, back to the wine meme, one of the most horribly kitschy things I ever saw was a wedding where -- instead of the unity candle -- they had three carafes on a table at the front of the church. One contained red wine, one white, and the third was empty. To celebrate the mysterious union of marriage, the bride and groom poured the red and white together and made a sort of rose mess. Then they drank it. I was crawling under a pew at that moment to escape the inevitable lighting bolt I expected to strike the church. As the Chinese would say, it didn't seem like an especially auspicious foundation for their household.

Greg-

That's worthy of its own blog, man. When are you going to start blogging!?

Looks like thay tried to turn their wedding ceremony into a drinking game.

I've seen worse. Once, the groom showed up -- I am not making this up -- in a black and white striped prison suit and carrying a ball and chain. With the horizontal stripes, you know? Like from a costume shop, looking like an old cartoon version of a prison outfit. I guess the joke was he was gettin' hitched and now had the old ball-n-chain.

That was pretty bad, but then the same couple, after the vows, has "their song" played while they gaze into each other's eyes, and it
s --again, not making this up-- "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie.

This is around the time I was thinking that professional ministry was no longer a viable career option...

BTW, Brian,

...better that the wedding should turn into a drinking game than that the wedding night turn into "The Crying Game," if you know what I mean...

My cousin was married with "Born to Be Wild" playing. He was no longer a young man at this point. That would have been sad enough in its own right, had not an in-chapel motorcycle featured prominently in the ceremony. . .

I never thought that there could be something worse than the Unity candle...

My brother-in-law's dog served as ring-bearer at a friend's wedding. Years later, I am still amazed by that.