sawn-off marriages
According to a recent report in a UK newspaper, shotgun weddings are becoming more common in Japan.
A shotgun wedding is not when the woman suddenly produces a firearm from a holdall and forces her boyfriend, at gunpoint, to marry him. No, a shotgun wedding is when the prophylactic fails, the woman becomes pregnant and the couple agree to live happily ever after in eternal wedded bliss.
Many couples in Japan opt for a Western-style wedding. This means dressing up in a white dress (the woman, that is) and wearing lots of make-up (the man).
It also involves going to a church. Most large hotel chains in Japan build their hotels around century-old churches, like this one in Osaka....
A hotel built around a church.
This gives the hotel chain a chance to go into business with the church and make some serious spondoolicks.
On the big day, the happy couple is met in the church by a seriously religious and devout vicar-priest.
Like this one....
A man of theclassroom cloth.
The vicar-priest might do three or four services a day, though not always with pregnant women.
Once married, the couple will live happily ever after forever and ever and a bit more.
A shotgun wedding is not when the woman suddenly produces a firearm from a holdall and forces her boyfriend, at gunpoint, to marry him. No, a shotgun wedding is when the prophylactic fails, the woman becomes pregnant and the couple agree to live happily ever after in eternal wedded bliss.
Many couples in Japan opt for a Western-style wedding. This means dressing up in a white dress (the woman, that is) and wearing lots of make-up (the man).
It also involves going to a church. Most large hotel chains in Japan build their hotels around century-old churches, like this one in Osaka....
A hotel built around a church.
This gives the hotel chain a chance to go into business with the church and make some serious spondoolicks.
On the big day, the happy couple is met in the church by a seriously religious and devout vicar-priest.
Like this one....
A man of the
The vicar-priest might do three or four services a day, though not always with pregnant women.
Once married, the couple will live happily ever after forever and ever and a bit more.
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On Monday, 29 June, 2009,
LSL said:
On Monday, 29 June, 2009,
Scotty.VOR said:
And you were invited to this wedding weren't you? These photos have a "weirdo trying to bluff his way into a random wedding" feeling about them. :P
On Monday, 29 June, 2009,
Angelo said:
On Wednesday, 01 July, 2009,
Unknown said:
Yet the trend for western marriages is not a new one.
On Sunday, 05 July, 2009,
Muza-chan said:
On Wednesday, 29 July, 2009,
Ksan (S2) said:
On Saturday, 01 August, 2009,
Anonymous said:
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