Invitations to a wedding I don't want to go to

October 20, 2004 3:56 PM

You can buy a pair of invitations to a wedding I don't want to go to
posted by iffley (18 comments total)

Who in the hell is going to pay ten million pounds for some wedding invites to some stranger's wedding?

I'm guessing its someone famous but so what?
posted by fenriq at 4:47 PM on October 20, 2004

yeah, i find this quite stupid. so who is it anyway?
posted by bob sarabia at 4:53 PM on October 20, 2004

the opening bid amount was 20 pounds, I would assume it was pushed up by jokers as this went round the net.
posted by efalk at 4:58 PM on October 20, 2004

Maybe the dog caught scent of his plan and is trying foil it.
posted by SimStupid at 6:02 PM on October 20, 2004

Usually when the price gets up to that level the auction gets pulled by ebay, but this doesn't seem to have happened yet.
posted by clevershark at 6:03 PM on October 20, 2004

This gets my vote as "Official Memekiller" of the "wacky eBay auction-cum-tirade".

Now it must go to join Pet Rocks, "WhassssUP?", Steve Martin arrows-through-the-head, and those little dogs in the back window with the heads that go up and down in the special circle of Hell that is reserved for played-out popular culture.
posted by Sidhedevil at 6:04 PM on October 20, 2004

Now it must go to join Pet Rocks, "WhassssUP?", Steve Martin arrows-through-the-head, and those little dogs in the back window with the heads that go up and down

You forgot those asinine "Baby on Board" signs from the 80's.
posted by clevershark at 7:09 PM on October 20, 2004

Right. And "I'm With Stupid" t-shirts.
posted by Sidhedevil at 7:11 PM on October 20, 2004

You forgot those asinine "Baby on Board" signs from the 80's.

I still see one or two every day...[and its cousin "Babe on Board"]
posted by meech at 7:31 PM on October 20, 2004

Those wacky Brits!
posted by billsaysthis at 8:17 PM on October 20, 2004

You forgot those asinine "Baby on Board" signs from the 80's.

And the word "asinine."
posted by ChasFile at 8:22 PM on October 20, 2004

And "yadda yadda yadda". That's dead, too.
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:05 PM on October 20, 2004

"Hey, look, mom - I killed a meme!"
posted by iffley at 11:43 PM on October 20, 2004

Hahaha! The additional comments make it.
posted by i_cola at 3:24 AM on October 21, 2004

bride's best mate works in a chippy in Colchester
What is a chippy?
posted by thomcatspike at 8:51 AM on October 21, 2004

A chip shop. I.e. A fast food shop specialising in fried potatoes and accompanying delicacies.
posted by biffa at 9:13 AM on October 21, 2004

I was once at an academic conference in Durham, and when the very senior, very upper-class Professor who was the chairman of the thing suggested, after a couple or ten rounds of sherries in the Senior Common Room, that we might go out and find a chippy somewhere and then go to a pub...

...there were expressions of deep confusion from the non-UK contingent. Deep confusion.



(because, in the US, "chippy" means "amateur prostitute")
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:46 PM on October 21, 2004

On 22-Oct-04 at 09:44:25 BST, seller added the following information:

Most of you have hit the nail on the head, you know. I still love the old dog, despite what she did to me. And, thanks to the Colchester Massiv’s “Honk if you’re Twinklydog’s Dog” campaign, she got in touch this morning and we’ve had a good chat. It’s a bit of a gamble, but I’m going to pull the auction, go to Aberdeen and see whether she’ll put a stop to this sham of a wedding and marry me instead. Hope you understand. The cab’s outside, I’ve got to go.
posted by iffley at 2:58 AM on October 23, 2004