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...Sydney couple Steve and Leigh Buttel claim unwanted guests - including maggots in their wedding bed and bedroom invasions by bats - turned their wedding into a bride's worst nightmare.
(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson, DavCat and Ralph)
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“We’ve been together six months,” he said. “We have the same brain, just in two bodies.
Yeah, half each.
Key line from video: "Taco Bell's the closest thing we have to a church."
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | January 11, 2009 at 03:02 PM
Maggots at the Wedding WBAGNFA Ozzy Osbourne album.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | January 11, 2009 at 03:03 PM
*makes mental note to check above bed tonight for dead (or alive, for that matter) bats*
Posted by: marfie | January 11, 2009 at 03:05 PM
Bet she got the cheesy double meat burrito.
Posted by: Loudmouth | January 11, 2009 at 03:09 PM
Maggots and insects and bats, Oh my!
Yo quiero honey moon.
Posted by: Siouxie | January 11, 2009 at 03:14 PM
...maggots described by the groom as "the size of chocolate bullets"....
...which of course are 12% larger than the butterscotch.
Posted by: SW | January 11, 2009 at 03:36 PM
In the Taco Bell article, never did the word 'Normal' seem so out of place.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 11, 2009 at 03:40 PM
I don't know why the Taco Bell couple wasted so much money on rings. There's a machine right there in the foyer that sells them for a quarter each!
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | January 11, 2009 at 03:43 PM
His problem is, once you give a girl a $45 wedding ring, a $200 wedding at Taco Bell, and a $15 hot pink dress, he's never gonna be able to top it.
Posted by: SW | January 11, 2009 at 03:47 PM
(Pssst wyo...I think those are condoms.)
Posted by: SW | January 11, 2009 at 03:47 PM
*snork* @ SW's 'condom.'
But I don't see where it says the groom paid for all that stuff. Are you making an assumption?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 11, 2009 at 03:58 PM
Maybe less so on a wedding night, hopefully, but maggots in bed are not that uncommon.
Oh ... they're talking about ... right, never mind.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | January 11, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Stevie, sure he can top that...he's gonna take her to a the Bat & Maggot Inn for the horneymoon.
Posted by: Siouxie | January 11, 2009 at 04:01 PM
I see the nice, bold, blue time stamps have now spread to the blog names.
Except for SW's. Should we be suspicious?
Posted by: pogo | January 11, 2009 at 04:05 PM
Never mind.
Posted by: pogo | January 11, 2009 at 04:07 PM
The blue, bold names are for the paid bloggers only.
Whut?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 11, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Shhhhhhhhh Annie! Now they're ALL gonna wanna get paid to blog here.
Posted by: Siouxie | January 11, 2009 at 04:10 PM
If they think that's bad, wait till they get to the marriage part!
Posted by: Margaritaville | January 11, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Lol, sxi, but of course.
Yes, aw, I made the assumption rthat he paid, and I was waiting for someone to nail me on that. But after all, the article does point out that "[t]he bride has
no and never will have any incomea bachelor’s degree in art, design and writing."Posted by: SW | January 11, 2009 at 04:18 PM
Dave pays only minimun wage, but his health care package is to die for.
Posted by: SW | January 11, 2009 at 04:20 PM
I will not post here for money.Dave doesn't get paid,does he?
Posted by: ron | January 11, 2009 at 04:21 PM
"Mr Haymes was apologetic and polite and removed the dead bat..."
Mr Haymes had obviously attended an intensive workshop on Customer Satisfaction
Posted by: Betsy | January 11, 2009 at 04:25 PM
Yes, SW, and he's a videographer. Unless he's taping p0rn for a gov't bailout, he's not exactly making 6 figures either.
I thought the Taco Bell couple have the right idea. No sense wasting $ you don't have on a big day.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 11, 2009 at 04:33 PM
"no, you don't understand, the bat was supposed to fly out the window reminding you that, however fleeting the things of this world are, your love is eternal"
"the maggots , uhhh...symbolize the Circle of Life, sort of a memento mori deal..."
"well, o.k., reasonable people can have differences...but it looks like you checked "dead bat and maggots" instead of "chocolate mint on pillow (with maggots)"..."
"the bedbugs? symbolize the all-devouring affection you have for one another...so do any fevers that may result..."
"well, i'm sorry you feel that way...but you needn't compare us with taco bell, i mean they're a giant corporation!"
Posted by: insomniac | January 11, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Taco Bell: They're just Normal people.
Maggots: He's out of focus.
I'm not a typepad customer; I'm just putting in a little spam poison. What color is my name?
Posted by: oneblankspace | January 11, 2009 at 04:42 PM
My one tv channel died as scheduled at 1630 hrs. today.May it rest in peace.
Posted by: ron | January 11, 2009 at 05:16 PM
Oneblank - BLUE! BLUE! The g@ddamned blogs are BLUE!!
(10 points to anyone who can id the movie)
Posted by: Guin | January 11, 2009 at 05:52 PM
They are saving to take a second honeymoon to renew their vows.... This time at What-a-burger
Posted by: Jazzzz | January 11, 2009 at 06:13 PM
ron, if mine died I wouldn't miss it much. Unfortunately, since I need a broadband connection for work, I also get "57 channels amd nuthin' on".
I get about 6 hours a day of NPR info programs and we have a "community radio station" here in ATL that has a lot of music programming I can deal with.
Posted by: pogo | January 11, 2009 at 06:16 PM
Plus there are tons of tv shows posted to the internet - watch them when you want, commercial free. So my teeny violin is staying in its case.
Oh, and it's 78 degrees here.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 11, 2009 at 06:26 PM
Annie - you and the 78 degrees you rode in on.
Posted by: pogo | January 11, 2009 at 06:31 PM
Pogo----I get internet on satellite here.There is only dial-up as an alternative.No people here.No reason for anyone to invest.The NPR station is going down as well.
Posted by: ron | January 11, 2009 at 06:32 PM
Aw, enough with the hyperbole; clearly I'm a bride's worst nightmare!
Steelers are looking good....
Posted by: CJrun | January 11, 2009 at 06:50 PM
Well, my laptop has died right before tonight's 24-a-thon. I swear the machines are out to get me. Just because I dumped a glass of water on the keyboard, it goes on strike? How persnickety can ya get?!
Posted by: Renee (the First) | January 11, 2009 at 07:13 PM
CJ, hopefully they'll meet my Iggles in the Super Pennsylvania Bowl.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | January 11, 2009 at 07:22 PM
*checks watch - 7:37 pm Eastern Thigh-Shooting time*
"Perimeter!"
(drinks)
just checking
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | January 11, 2009 at 07:37 PM
*fidgetfidgetfidget* Is it 8:00 yet?!
Posted by: Diva | January 11, 2009 at 07:38 PM
Damn - a near-simul with Jeff! Heya, Toots!
Posted by: Diva | January 11, 2009 at 07:38 PM
Somehow, I find it all but impossible to feel bad for the Chargers.
Additionally, 24 is on a delay here in the mountain west, so much as I'd like to I can't blog 24 with you all, as you'll be half done when we start.
(so much for the concept of TV in "Real Time.")
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | January 11, 2009 at 07:39 PM
Ok, I'll say it. my last post contained a stupid sentence. but then I think you all can figger it out anyway.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | January 11, 2009 at 07:43 PM
Darn, Wyo. Well, no one said you have to actually be WATCHING the show to blog it. Sometimes that actually kills the fun....
Posted by: Diva | January 11, 2009 at 07:46 PM
Go ahead and post "blind" Wyo...... It'll make just as much sense :-D
Posted by: Jazzzz | January 11, 2009 at 07:49 PM
Diva's right. I have an unbroken record of never watching "24," and yet thanks to you all, I have a perfect recollection of every episode. Basically, there's lots of thigh-shooting and drinking. The drinking is mostly on the blog. I think.
Posted by: Renee (the First) | January 11, 2009 at 07:50 PM
however, If one does wish to watch it, knowin' what happens doesn't add to the fun. just statin' the obvious.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | January 11, 2009 at 07:52 PM
*has box-o-wine ready*
Posted by: Siouxie | January 11, 2009 at 07:53 PM
*snort* Renee. You and Jazzzz are right on the money!!! (*waves at Renee*)
Posted by: Diva | January 11, 2009 at 07:56 PM
*cozies up between Siouxie and Diva*
shoot
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | January 11, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Woohoo!!
Hey - it's one minute to Jack! Where's DAVE?!?!
Posted by: Diva | January 11, 2009 at 07:59 PM
*Waves back at Diva* How ya been, my friend?
Posted by: Renee (the First) | January 11, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Where are we blogging for 24?
Posted by: daisymae | January 11, 2009 at 08:01 PM
*shoots Jeff in the thigh*
Posted by: Siouxie | January 11, 2009 at 10:52 PM
*shoots melotaumMeels in the thigh*
Posted by: Siouxie | January 12, 2009 at 09:48 AM
I'd take Panic! at the disco and fire at the Taco Bell over bats and maggots at the hotel, any day.
Guin, I think that would be Liar Liar, no?
Posted by: danceswithvowels | January 12, 2009 at 07:23 PM
This is why I'm glad I no longer live in Normal, IL.
And that Taco Bell had the worst lines at the drive-thru.
Posted by: Adrienne Canzolino | January 12, 2009 at 11:02 PM