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These two sketches from Man Stroke Woman are just too true to be funny. I’ve complained about wedding inflation before, and these skits hit the nail on the head. Repeatedly. With a big hammer.
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Half the fun of organising a wedding now is seeing how much wedding inflation you can avoid. We did rather well. The bride wore comfortable shoes, the groom wore jeans, we ate at the chippy. Not your fairytale “special day” but it was special enough for us.
Have you got your ‘just married’ flip flops ordered yet, Suw?
I hadn’t seen that second one, excellent! And excruciating.
Yup, see, you clearly don’t understand the difference between normal flowers/cake and WEDDING flowers/cake. You know coz, like, on is just, you know, normal but the other is for a WEDDING, you know, like, a W-E-D-D-I-N-G. Yeah? You see? Yeah?
I came from google with word “chocolate and vodka”
and I get interesting blog, I love your job, Suw.
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