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skatje2015

It’s going to be a busy day today — that rascally ragamuffin to the right is getting married this afternoon. And I somehow tore the one suit jacket I brought with me. Perfection is ruined! I may just have to break down into tears of anxiety. Or call it all off! Or hide in a closet!

Comments

  1. carlie says

    Congratulations! And best wishes!

    And just use some matte black duck tape. No one will notice.

  2. petemoulton says

    Don’t worry, PZ. It’s a wedding; nobody’s going to be looking at you.

  3. Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls says

    If something didn’t go wrong at the last minute, it wouldn’t be a wedding.
    Congratulations and felicitations to the happy couple.

  4. chigau (違う) says

    PZ
    petemoulton is correct.
    You are just a bit-player, don’t worry.
    Congatulations to Skatje and her Beau.

  5. Beatrice, an amateur cynic looking for a happy thought says

    Congrats and best wishes to Skatje and partner!

  6. madbull says

    Long time lurker here. My best wishes to Skatje and her partner, wish them long years of health and happiness together.
    I love it when dads say things like ‘rascally ragamuffin’ in order to express their great love for their daughter. It is so sweet.

  7. blf says

    After a bit of not bothering to do any research, I have decided the traditional method of ripped jacket repair is to soak it in the blood of whatever beastie has been sacrificed for the wedding. This will cause many comments and much admiration on how your stylish red jacket is dripping and staining the rest of the clothing (not just your own), and — almost the most important thing — no-one will notice the rip.

    The most important thing, of course, are the newlyweds. Congratulations!

    (And ignore that embarrassing old man in the squid costume with the torn, damp, red jacket (which seems to be attracting the flies)… he’s just a poopyhead!)

  8. Gregory Greenwood says

    Congratulations and best wishes to Skatje and (in the best tradition of her dad) her soon to be trophy partner.

    As for the torn jacket – I am with Carlie. If Mythbusters taught me nothing else, it taught me that correctly coloured duct tape fixes everything.

  9. chigau (違う) says

    Her wedding colors are black and red.

    I’d love to see the cake.

  10. Beatrice, an amateur cynic looking for a happy thought says

    chigau,

    Dark chocolate*! Strawberries! Raspberries!

    * So that’s not black, so what

  11. Saad says

    Congratulations and warm wishes!

    PZ, #12

    Her wedding colors are black and red.

    Are you sure?

  12. Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says

    Conga Rats for Ms and Mr Skatje Myers!

  13. theignored says

    Wedding colors are black and red? Black and effing Red? WTH?

    I’d love to see some pics of that, provided the couple gives permission. I just hope like hell that this has nothing to do with a certain movie that came out years ago.

    And “seconds” for pictures of the cake. (and what’s inside it!)

    And yeah…congrats.

    I won’t ask about the name……

  14. slithey tove (twas brillig (stevem)) says

    re @1:
    I spot a Top Gear reference. Jezza will bop you; causing Hamster to chide him. May will just nerdify endlessly, boring everyone to tears. ;-)

    Cheers, Skatje. Congrats!!! PZ, just cope, poopyhead.

  15. dancaban says

    There’s always a fight at a wedding. I see you’re already prepared.

  16. says

    We’re in a lodge at 10,000 feet, and it’s snowing.

    What do you mean, how do you do a black & red wedding? What did you expect from my kid, pastels?

  17. magistramarla says

    Let me add my congratulations, and a request for seeing the lovely Skatje in her wedding dress.
    Have a wonderful time, PZ. We may be freethinking feminists, but we know that seeing one of your babies get married tends to bring a tear to the eye. Four of our five have done so and the fifth is engaged to be married.

  18. Tethys says

    Best wishes for a wonderful day and future wedded bliss Skatje and partner. A torn suit coat is easy enough to repair with a stapler and some tape, and nobody remembers what the father of the bride wore. Congratulations, Myers family!

  19. opposablethumbs says

    Congratulations and all good wishes to Skatje and partner! Happy day all round (and gaffer tape is always good).

  20. Lofty says

    Sounds like fun, enjoy the glow of the aftermath like a proud parent should.

  21. blf says

    What did you expect from my kid…?

    Carnivore squid with lasers mounted on their eye-stalks.

    Also, I apologize for saying, in @11, “And ignore that embarrassing old man […]”. I clearly meant to say: “And ignore the embarrassing old man in the squid costume with the torn, damp, red jacket (which seems to be attracting the flies)… he’s just a poopyhead!”

  22. Skatje Myers says

    Wedding colors are black and red? Black and effing Red? WTH?
    I’d love to see some pics of that, provided the couple gives permission. I just hope like hell that this has nothing to do with a certain movie that came out years ago.

    Okay, I just can’t figure out what movie this could possibly be referring to. (We did not base our wedding on a movie.)

  23. birgerjohansson says

    I love the mustelid (ferret?). Looks a lot like the smart neighbor of Satchel and Bucky*

    *Get Fuzzy reference.

  24. birgerjohansson says

    The Hunger had lots of black and red*, but it was not wedding-themed. And not cute at all.

    *hemoglobin-stuff. And the undead were revolting, in a double sense.

  25. theignored says

    The movie in question is “The Phantom Menace”…referring to the coloring of Darth Maul.

    Glad to see that that movie had NO influence here.

    Still want to see pics of the cake, though.

  26. zenlike says

    theignored

    The movie in question is “The Phantom Menace”…referring to the coloring of Darth Maul.

    Wha…?

    There are tons of movies where the aesthetic is black and red. And you think about a movie in which one characters happens to have those colours? That doesn’t even make sense?

    Anyway: congrats to the happy newly-weds!

  27. Markita Lynda—threadrupt says

    I’d like to see a picture of the cake, too.

    Congratulations to the happy couple! Way to go, Skatje!