Get your grape stomp on

Looking for something random, possibly romantic, and at least amusing to do with your special someone? Well, perhaps this is an idea if you’re up for a weekend trip. The AP Irvington Stomp where you and yours can get your grape stomp on at the White Fences Vineyard in Irvington, VA. It’s Labor Day weekend at all, might be a nice change of pace, if you’re into trying something new on. Like new socks.

Obnoxious pranks you shouldn’t do

Throwing this out there is probably something I shouldn’t do, because I’m sure one of my obnoxious friends will attempt to pull such a stunt on me, but I’m taking that risk anyway. The other day, I had been reading something about silly things that people did at their friends’ weddings, such as really demented speeches or doing other inappropriate things, and this really random thing showed up in my head…

What would happen if someone got the DJ to play Atlantic Starr’s “Secret Lovers” and then tried to get a dance with the bride or groom? Has anyone pulled this stunt, and did it work? This I would most certainly love to hear.

When the blue hankie won’t do

I can’t believe that I had missed this all this time. Oh, wait… There would be no real reason for me to have seen this until now.

In any case, IDoSugar wrote recently about Betty Beauty’s “Malibu Betty” product, which allows women (and in this case, brides) to dye “the hair down there” a nice shade of blue. Now, I’m not really “conservative” by any means and truly find this hysterical - and marvelously opportunistic - but how does that conversation go with you grandmother when she asks you what your “something blue” is at your wedding? Do you just giggle and let fly, or make something up? Inquiring guy minds want to know.

Or at least this one does.

Because you need Astroglide, too

Based on the (ahem) popularity of our previous post about K-Y’s yours + mine product, I figured it was worthwhile to reiterate The Bargainist’s mention of Astroglide offering up a free product sample. Go here to get your own, and subscribe to The Bargainist so you can keep up with this kind of stuff, or maybe just so I can be lazy and not have to post about it.

Want people to “bet” on your relationship?

Monday’s Thrillist New York leads us to the strangely amusing WeddingBetting.com. It’s like Hot or Not (and the rest of ‘em) except it rates people’s wedding photos, and allows you to check back and see how they did. Man, if that’s not the most pessimistic thing I’ve seen in awhile, I’m not sure what is. Either way, it definitely qualifies as a stupendous time suck, so don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Vanishing dog shows up at wedding reception

In what has to be one of the more randomly coincidental - or impressive, depending on how you look at it - stories I’ve ever heard, check out this video report from WMUR in Manchester, NH about a lost dog, Bo, who found his way home by showing up at someone else’s wedding.

Bo had escaped from a kennel a couple of weeks ago, while his owners were away celebrating a 10-year anniversary, and was found when he “crashed” another couple’s reception - where a woman from the same kennel happened to be bartending. Now that’s pretty darn random if you ask me.

Now here’s an idea I hadn’t thought of

I know a lot of people who’ve tried to come up with really creative ways to pay for their weddings. Most of them end up borrowing some money from the fam, taking a loan on their 401(k), or just put it on plastic. Then there’s Kelly Gray of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Ms. Gray, the NYT reports, managed to auction, on eBay, the fifth bridesmaid slot in her wedding next April for a whopping $5,700. Yep, that’s right $5,700. We haven’t heard for sure that she and her beau have landed the cash to pay for this event, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless. Let’s just hope the winning bidder - who joined eBay on 6/25 - doesn’t turn out to be a practical joker.

There’s a dedication for everyone

Possibly disproving the old adage that there aren’t any original ideas comes the video below, where a groom performs a little burnin’ rubber action for his bride.

I can’t say I’m in love with the possibility that her dress now smells like rubber that burned off a motorcycle tire, but to each his own, right?

This (hopeful) groom-to-be is willing to drop $5,000 for a bride

According to this report from Deborah McDermott at Seacost Online, a man 39-year old gentleman in Wells, Maine is willing to drop some serious coin to find a bride. Not only is Charles Haeberle willing to share $5,000 with his bride-to-be, but he has a four-carat engagement ring all ready to go, to boot. And here most of us are trying to figure out how to cover the engagement ring on its own, let alone having a $5k bonus.

In any case, looks like the standard has been set for wedding incentives, huh?

When you put it that way…

Also sent along this week from John was a link to this post from Indexed about wedding finances. You know you want to laugh about it.

Carl Edwards’ ride to carry marriage proposal

Okay, so this is actually pretty awesome, but I’m a little confused. WSOC’s Erik Saxon reports that NASCAR driver Carl Edwards’ #99 ride will carry a marriage proposal on the rear end of it (no comments, please) during a race on Saturday night. But here’s where the confusion comes in - that the winner of the contest to get the proposal on the car, Phillip Pruzensky, has already proposed to Janice Scarfe. Oh. Okay.

In any case, I actually think this is a pretty cool idea, even though I’m not a huge fan of the whole sporting event thing - PURELY because it’s not going to be an everyday thing.

You, too, will threaten to use this speech, won’t you?

Over at Heck Of A Guy, there’s one heck of a post about how to handle the ever important speech from the Best Man. Taken out of the equation should be anyone listening to Hugh Grant characters and the blatant use of what other people consider “funny” based on what you might find searching the Internet.

Obviously we’re still early on in Groomify’s life, but we’re already working to make a point of pointing to such things that other people have found funny but might not actually be. All that said, I highly recommend following a whole lot of the advice over there should you be in the position of having to give a speech at a good friend or relative’s wedding.

Best or worst bachelor party ending?

Anonymous Coworker shared a tale of a bachelor party attended this past weekend, and I can’t help but ask one question. Does a night of seeming guy-awesomeness that ends with a rendition of “Tiny Dancer” mean that the guy-awesomeness has ruled itself out, or not? These, my friends, are important questions that need answering. Head on over there and chime on in.

Is this taking a look too far?

My pal BW sent me this link earlier today, which points to an item in the New York Daily News about Sanna’s thong-jeans combo. Now most guys aren’t going to be the ones telling people to wear more clothes, but as StyleDash alludes to, doesn’t it kind of defeat the purpose if you’re getting this look ALL the time?

Let’s learn some language

Ross Hill posted some VERY useful links that we should all pay attention to this week. One list is nine words / phrases that women use, the other with nine words / phrases that men use. One of my favorites on the women’s list is “Fine,” which is something I think a lot of guys are guilty of using, and meaning exactly the same thing. As for the guy list, clearly “I’m ready” is the choice, right?

To boot, The Onion enlightens us all with “Man Use Big Word.”

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