# An announcement... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206 "2000-03-19T03:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/21 "2000-03-19T05:43:00Z")
Brian, and Libby, As a cyber bit player in the movie of your lives, I join the teeming millions with my wishes for your happiness. Let your joys remain with you, and your sorrows pass from you, for that is the best use for the inconstancy of memory. Take very good care of yourselves, and of each other. ## Tris Imagine my signature begins five spaces to the right of center. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/22 "2000-03-19T06:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine: > **Best wishes! We forgive you for standing us up!** No we don’t!! But congratulations anyway! (And I was all prepared to give Satan a flaming like no other for being a no-show! Some guys _really_ know how to ruin a moment!) Seriously, if you had to blow us off, I’m glad it was for such a wonderful reason! Best of luck! * * * I always try to do things in chronological order. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/23 "2000-03-19T06:29:00Z")
A toast to the happy couple-_May the joy that you have found in each other last forever!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/24 "2000-03-19T06:34:00Z")
Well, if all the good men weren’t already married, they will be now. Damn, and Satan is such a hottie… Congratulations to both of you. * * * “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.” — Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/25 "2000-03-19T06:49:00Z")
Congratulations to you both, Brian, and Libby. 🙂 May you live together in true joy, through good times, and bad. God bless you, always. Adam ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/26 "2000-03-19T07:13:00Z")
Congratulations! Live Long And Prosper. Save this thread for your kids. ---
**Author:** ![CatRimbaud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@CatRimbaud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatRimbaud)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/27 "2000-03-19T07:26:00Z")
Well, I would never have figured Satan would go for a ceremony that typically involved bibles and references to his nemesis, but then, I never would have figured his brother was a Rev either. I hope you two are blessed with all the wonders and beauty that I didn’t have in my marriage as well as the great sex and 3 a.m. “What if it’s a black and white world and I’m colorblind?” types of conversations I did have. I think you are a good match, from what I can infer from words on a message board, and hope you make each other happy forever. Best of luck!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/28 "2000-03-19T07:28:00Z")
I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, except “I knew it was gonna happen, neener neener neener!” Seriously, I know you two crazy kids are gonna be great as a married couple. Much love for both of ya. * * * This post brought to you by the US Department of Overprotective Paternalism. ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/29 "2000-03-19T07:34:00Z")
**So I Married an Axe Murderer** just doesn’t have the same ring to it anymore. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/30 "2000-03-19T07:40:00Z")
That is _so_ sweet! And you get plenty of extra points for going to such extraordinary efforts to make the proposal unique! Best wishes to you both. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/31 "2000-03-19T07:56:00Z")
May heavens finest blessings shower down upon you… * * * “Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.” Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/32 "2000-03-19T08:04:00Z")
Congrats, Brian, and best wishes, Libby (it’s bad luck to congratulate the bride, doncha know.) I wish the best to you both; and what a handsome pair you make! Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/33 "2000-03-19T10:04:00Z")
Drain strides confidently down the marble hallway, her stylish heels muffled by the pile carpeting. Demure and impeccably groomed, she has prepared for this day for many years. With a sheepskin on her wall, a fresh ABA card in her purse and an air of confident determination, she has entered the offices of Dewey, Cheetum and Howe, the most respected law firm in the Raliegh metro-area, in search her first position as an attorney. An impatient “Enter!” greets her staccato rap on the conference room door. She takes a seat at the end of a 20-foot chestnut table with a finish so smooth the inverted doppelgangers of the 15 men arrayed about it double the number of disapproving stares in the _sanctum sanctorum_, burning the stigmata “Outsider” upon Drain’s furrowed brow. Dismissively, the “Establishment” allows only four minutes to grill the young counselor before a wordless rejection passes between the “old farts”, as she has perceptively quantified them. “We have many more qualified applicants for the position which you seek here, Ms. Bead. What can you bring to this firm which others can’t?” “Well, sir, I _am_ Satan’s betrothed, soon to be Queen of the Underworld and the Mistress of Lies and All That is Unholy…” “Welcome aboard, Ms. Bead.” ## Congrats, kids!! Will the wedding invitations be printed in goat blood? Voted **Best Sport** And narrowly averted the despised moniker **Smiley Master** Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/34 "2000-03-19T11:11:00Z")
Wow! All my best to both of you. That proposal is a memory for the ages. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/35 "2000-03-19T11:17:00Z")
Great to hear! Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/36 "2000-03-19T11:18:00Z")
How adorable! I am SO happy for the both of you! … but a KNICKS fan??? Oh, God! :))! * * * “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.” –Daniel J Boorstin ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/37 "2000-03-19T11:33:00Z")
Wow. And for effect, again: wow. That’s great news, and a great story to tell the kids someday! Congratulations, you two. May God bless you and yours, and may you keep each safe and warm and happy for the rest of your lives. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/38 "2000-03-19T12:26:00Z")
Nothing I can say that hasnt already been said, but I’ll say it anyway. That’s so awesome. Congratulations, and I hope the happiness you both feel right now is vastly dwarfed by the happiness you feel on your sixtieth wedding anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/39 "2000-03-19T13:32:00Z")
Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206/40 "2000-03-19T13:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by CatRimbaud: > Well, I would never have figured Satan would go for a ceremony that typically involved bibles and references to his nemesis, I’m gonna assume this was a joke? Just because, well, I’d say less than half of the weddings I’ve been to have had biblical references in them. Mine sure as hell didn’t, nor did it reference god. But if it wasn’t a joke, maybe it’s just that you’ve only been to very Christian weddings? * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-announcement/15206.md?page=3)