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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Why We Arent Getting Married?

From the back of a beer coaster:

"In ancient Babylon, a bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink for the month after the wedding. As mead is a honey beer and their calendar was based on a lunar year, this period became known as the 'honeymoon'."

And they wonder why men have committment troubles these days, just bring back the free beer....




posted by mushroom at 3:22 PM

27 Comments:

  • My hubby would be all about a "beer calender". ;)

    By Blogger essa, at 3:37 PM  

  • Ahh, Misshroom, what a prime specimen you've caught for yourself :)

    By Blogger actonb, at 4:53 PM  

  • And that's why people are getting divorced more these days... the alcohol runs out.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:06 PM  

  • essa - I would vote for your hubby!
    actonb - lets face it, its slim pickins these days for girls ;-p
    alice - when the 'honeymoon' is over its like turning the ugly lights on in a club at 5am.

    By Blogger mushroom, at 6:59 PM  

  • I got some mead out near Mudgee last year - that shit rocks.

    Which means that the end of the honeymoon was actually like leaving the music ON while turning on the ugly lights just so you can watch all those people who looked attractive under strobe being ugly AND throwing shapes like spakkers.

    By Blogger WJ, at 7:05 PM  

  • sure beats a dowry of a goat or some other farmyard animal.

    By Blogger Steph, at 7:59 PM  

  • You may not get free beer but at least you'd have someone to fetch the beer you paid for from the fridge.

    By Blogger Mel, at 8:12 PM  

  • WJ - I so knew i couldnt dance without the strobe

    Steph - my friends from enzed would beg to differ

    Odly - the trick is to have the beer fridge next to the lounge and not get married methinks......

    By Blogger mushroom, at 8:17 PM  

  • That's it. I'm becoming a man and gettting me married to an ancient Babylonian or whatver.

    By Blogger Original Mel, at 8:50 PM  

  • I prefer the cask beside the bed with easy dispensing nozel georgia

    By Blogger mushroom, at 10:43 PM  

  • Shrooms is pure class Georgia.
    And we love him for it!

    By Blogger actonb, at 11:27 PM  

  • Georgia, if you came with a goat as a dowry and I married you, I think I'd take the goat on the honeymoon and leave you standing over a bucket in the barn...

    By Blogger fingers, at 12:24 AM  

  • the chicklet seys:who cares if u guys dont wanna gt married!hv to say we jst here to tk the wine actually.a lousy fuck?wine?uum wl wot can i say.life is more beautiful wen the wine is pouring.lmao!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:52 AM  

  • the chicklet seys:wl wot a eva afta.nt into the whole goat thing.goats are rather freaky looking animals.scares me shitless!nw wine thats sumthing i cud lv for the rest of my days.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:51 AM  

  • cranky r we?hard day at wrk?nt gtting ne?jst annoyd?cum on tel already,i knw u wanna.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:56 AM  

  • there u went and sed it made u feel betta.lmao!gt this feeling there is very little that doesnt annoy u.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:18 AM  

  • I tell my wife
    that the best thing
    she ever did for me was
    she drove me to drink.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:45 AM  

  • I'm so confused... I can't even read what the heck annoymous is trying to say.

    By Blogger essa, at 10:26 AM  

  • Yes essa, it appears to be an obscure language often used when txt msging ppl.....

    Poly - is your blog still doing that weird beta thing? got it yesterday when i tried to comment!

    By Blogger mushroom, at 3:14 PM  

  • Perfect mushie.

    Now the bride just needs plenty o booze for her own and it will be a month long match made in heaven.

    By Blogger Thursday's Child, at 3:50 PM  

  • Hee missshroom. I have often wondered.

    Kidding mushie, kidding...

    By Blogger Thursday's Child, at 6:13 PM  

  • man, if you have to get someone drunk to marry your daughter...hehe

    By Blogger JLee, at 7:59 PM  

  • Blimey cant you just feel the sexual tension between goirgia and fingers...........GET A ROOM

    By Blogger BEAST, at 2:11 PM  

  • and "Brave Beer" on tap.

    By Blogger welcome to wallyworld, at 10:59 PM  

  • hahah classic mal!

    By Blogger mushroom, at 12:18 AM  

  • Exchanges of pigs, cows were all the rage! Now beer.

    By Blogger Doll Face, at 12:37 AM  

  • If you have to stay constantly inebriated a solid month after the wedding, does that portend to a happy marriage?

    I would only go on a one-month bender if I made a mistake and married a transexual. And maybe only then if she always wanted to get on top.

    What was the divorce rate in ancient Babylon?

    Do we have any statistics?

    By Blogger Zen Wizard, at 3:14 PM  

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