Comments on: 9 Excessive Weddings To Which We Weren’t Invited

By: Bicycle Bill

Bicycle Bill — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:54:46 +0000

“Tragically, Princess Grace was killed in 1982 in a car accident. Interestingly, commemorative U.S. postage stamps were issued in her honor, but they gave her name only as ‘Grace Kelly’. Why? Because U.S. law bans the placement of foreign monarchs on its postage stamps.”

US law (or at least US Post Office/USPS usage policies) also used to preclude the use of a living person’s image on a stamp, or a stamp that depicted an actual person until at least ten years following his/her death (former US Presidents being the only exception). That’s why the Grace Kelly stamp didn’t appear until 1992.

Nowadays, however, US postage is a joke on the level with the ‘wallpaper factories’ nations that generate stamps solely to sell to collectors — a special series to commemorate ‘Pixar’ movie characters? I mean, really?? Add to that the fact that anybody can now create US postage with any image they desire thru sites such as Zazzle and Stamps.com, and it’s no wonder that the hobby of stamp collecting is moribund and on life support, if not dead already.

-”BB”-

By: Incredible Axl Hulk

Incredible Axl Hulk — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:59:44 +0000

The November Rain video is based on the short story “Without You” by Del James.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:39:59 +0000

I hope the people of Dubai got to keep the stadium.

I like a big spectacle, but once it gets over $10 mil, it’s just tacky.

By: Lorelei

Lorelei — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:50:20 +0000

Axel based the video on a short story (never read it), and it’s actually been 17 years. No, i’m not that big a fan, he went straight to #1 on my local radio station’s countdown the day our first son was born (and stayed there until the day he died)

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:30:45 +0000

No wedding is too extravagant unless the people paying for it go into debt to do it.

And I guarantee that the people throwing these extravagant weddings offer plenty of money to charity.

Let’s not be haters and exhibit jealousy.

And as someone who makes their living fundraising from both the middle class and the wealthy….I couldn’t serve the poor without the help I get from the wealthy. I don’t begrudge them a thing.

By: TBV

TBV — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:24:03 +0000

I don’t care how big the suit is, or how hungry the person is, no suit could feed a person for a year. Plus, suits taste terrible.

By: wanderlust

wanderlust — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:02:52 +0000

check this indian wedding out. it was in the Guinness book in ’00.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/10/world/for-indian-politician-an-opulent-wedding-means-political-bliss.html?pagewanted=all

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:38:00 +0000

November Rain is all about the imagery and the story of Axl’s character marrying his then girl friend Stephanie…. something or other. The tragedy of it being that she dies just after the ceremony, illustrating that “nothing lasts forever in the cold November Rain”

By: will

will — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:12:39 +0000

Wanda, that’s communism (ish). What makes capitalsim great is that the rich can pass homeless people on the street and not care that the suit they’re wearing could have fed a homeless person for a year. By your method, less people starve and more people are humble. Who wants that? We are a land of oppurtunity; everybody can win the lottery. Another example; gambling.
Besides, when you think about it, what would give somebody more satisfaction, having a massive wedding or still marrying the person you love, but letting (based on the article examples) hundreds or thousands of poor people live comfortably and securely. If America’s rich didn’t epitomize spoiledness, we would appear weak in the eyes of… those guys…
God Wanda, you probably do ‘charity work’ too, right? Blech

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:26 +0000

Vanisha Mittal’s engagement party was at the Palace of Versaille. Glad to know that the Palace of Versaille is available for engagements, weddings, and bar mitzvahs.