1/18/2003: Rolling groom

Undertoad · 01-18-2003, 10:06 AM

In the US, it's tradition to throw handfuls of rice grains at a new groom and bride as they leave the wedding chapel.

In Matsunoyamamachi, Japan, they have a better tradition - they throw the groom. Down a snowy hillside.

The tradition developed centuries ago, when locals gave the same hurl to an out-of-towner who had the nerve to marry a local gal.

wolf · 01-18-2003, 10:51 AM

Are you sure that he wasn't just standing on top of that hill, and smushed wedding cake all over the bride's face? That justifies sending him ass-over-teakettle (now what's the origin of THAT little gem?) down a damn mountain.

Especially if he gets any of the cake on the dress.

And · 01-20-2003, 11:54 AM

I wanna have a wedding like that. It could be, like, an EXTREME WEDDING! No Fear, Dude! We'd be married in mid-air, like, after base-jumping with the minister from a microwave tower! That way we'd have the microwave burns to memorialize the event! Then my groomsmen would throw me down a hillside, only without snow! Yeah! And I'd have to rock-ski down it! The ring-bearer would be on a bungee cord, too. That way he just jump in, hand me the ring, and then go flying! Wild! TO THE EXTREEEEEME! SURRRGE!

vsp · 01-21-2003, 01:38 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
Are you sure that he wasn't just standing on top of that hill, and smushed wedding cake all over the bride's face? That justifies sending him ass-over-teakettle (now what's the origin of THAT little gem?) down a damn mountain.

At my wedding, the crowd was calling for mutual cake-smushing, but we'd agreed to just be cute and dab each other on the nose with it. One little "doot!" apiece and everyone went back to their seats.

As I passed the best man, he said something to the tune of "What, nobody gets cake on their face?" I took a small handful, said "Well, I wouldn't say that..." and got him right between the eyes with it. Nobody else caught it until it was over with (my mom took a picture of Rick wiping off his forehead several seconds later), but we got a kick out of it.

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Especially if he gets any of the cake on the dress.

Aw, c'mon, it's not like she's going to wear it again...

Joe · 01-21-2003, 02:31 PM

You'd *have* to be rolling to keep a smile on your face while being thrown off a cliff at your own wedding party.

Thadius · 01-21-2003, 03:10 PM

I believe the tradition had been to throw the bride. They changed this, as wearing white, it took some 3 - 4 weeks to find the bride in the snow.

wolf · 01-22-2003, 10:57 AM

Thanks to the amazing, new, inflatable church!!!

Nothing in the advertising indicates whether an inflatable bride is included.

01-18-2003, 10:06 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/18/2003: Rolling groom In the US, it's tradition to throw handfuls of rice grains at a new groom and bride as they leave the wedding chapel. In Matsunoyamamachi, Japan, they have a better tradition - they throw the groom. Down a snowy hillside. The tradition developed centuries ago, when locals gave the same hurl to an out-of-towner who had the nerve to marry a local gal.

01-18-2003, 10:51 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Are you sure that he wasn't just standing on top of that hill, and smushed wedding cake all over the bride's face? That justifies sending him ass-over-teakettle (now what's the origin of THAT little gem?) down a damn mountain. Especially if he gets any of the cake on the dress. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-20-2003, 11:54 AM	#3
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	I wanna have a wedding like that. It could be, like, an EXTREME WEDDING! No Fear, Dude! We'd be married in mid-air, like, after base-jumping with the minister from a microwave tower! That way we'd have the microwave burns to memorialize the event! Then my groomsmen would throw me down a hillside, only without snow! Yeah! And I'd have to rock-ski down it! The ring-bearer would be on a bungee cord, too. That way he just jump in, hand me the ring, and then go flying! Wild! TO THE EXTREEEEEME! SURRRGE! __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

01-21-2003, 02:31 PM	#5
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	that figures You'd have to be rolling to keep a smile on your face while being thrown off a cliff at your own wedding party. __________________ One planet, many worlds.

01-21-2003, 03:10 PM	#6
Thadius Civil Civilian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Birmingham England Posts: 34	I believe the tradition had been to throw the bride. They changed this, as wearing white, it took some 3 - 4 weeks to find the bride in the snow. __________________ 'It takes 2 people to tell a lie,' 'One to lie, and one to listen'. Homer Simpson

01-22-2003, 10:57 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	now you can get married absolutely anywhere you want ... Thanks to the amazing, new, inflatable church!!! Nothing in the advertising indicates whether an inflatable bride is included. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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