Bear_Napples attends uh weddin'! (Prepare to say "Holy Crap"... A lot)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I noticed on preview that none of these links will work if you CLICK on them. You’ll have to COPY and then PASTE them into the Address Bar. Sorry for the inconvenience…
Ok. I have the pictures up. I’m not sure how strict Angelfire is about linking to pictures, but we’ll try this as long as it lasts. There is a 1GB/month transfer limit, so click once and then view from your cache please. Also, I dont have an HTTP editor and I am not html literate, so I’ll describe the pic here and just link to it.

First off I would like to say that this is NOT about being poor. This family recently received a quarter million dollars from a wrongful death settlement. That is more money than probably both my parents will ever make put together. All that money is gone and there is nothing to show for it. What in the world did they spend it on. Their new trailor is about the only evidence they every received that check. FWIW, the lawyer said they could have gotten more had they only been able to prove they “loved” their son and he was an integral part of the family. They had NO photos of him. None on the walls, and none in an album or anything.
They are not degenerates because they are poor, they are poor because they’re degenerates.
Also, above is a typo. What I meant was that I was UNable to capture a picture of the baby drinking the water. But I have some of the baby and I got a picture of the bucket.

Keep it in perspective. Remember that this is a romantic wedding reception! Everyone here is wearing exactly what they wore to the wedding ceremony. Though some shirts have been removed. The bride, groom, their kids, and select few had on traditional wedding attire at the ceremony, but they changed as soon as they got home. The rest of them… They’re wearing their Sunday Best.

To set the mood, let’s start with a layout of the the land. No redneck yard is complete without a car or two up on blocks, right?
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/yard3.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/yard4.jpg

The cars all need work. But his real pride and joy is the 'ole dune buggy. It only needs a motor.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/buggy.jpg

What is with hanging out by the fence? This is sooo King of the Hill. I look at this pic and all I can think is “Yup.” “Ummm Yep.” “Yup” “ThisIsADangGumKickAssPartyMan.BestDangGumPartyAllYearMan”
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/umyup.jpg

Here are a couple shots of the people having a good time:
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/arrrgh.jp
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/jak.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/kev.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/wes.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/tailgating.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/happyday.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/people.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/tailgate2.jpg

As I walked past these people, I hear “What’s he taking all those pictures for? Is he a cop?” Ummmmm, Maybe because it’s a freakin Wedding!!
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/youacop.jpg

A wedding reception is not complete without flowers, right? Yes, these are plastic.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/niceflower.jpg

Let’s take a moment to check on the kids, shall we?

“Hey Look at Me, Mommy! I’m playing on these stumps!”
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/stumpfun.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/stumpfun2.jpg

One of the bride’s kids.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/1of8.jpg

Awwww, doggies!
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/kidsndog.jpg

What is with the puppy under the stairs???
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/stairdog.jpg

The Little Girl Drinking from a Bucket

I’ll admit, the pictures don’t show her quite as filthy as I remember it. I first noticed her while I was standing by a group of people listening to them talk about motorcycles or some shit. I look down and see this little girl. She had the plastic cap from a sprite bottle in her hand. And she was dipping it into this bucket like some kind of bowel or something. She used this cap to pull out at least 3-4 sips as I watched her. I don’t know how long she had been there drinking it. The whole she was at the feet of about 5 adults (not including me :wink: ) One of them had to be her mom or baby-daddy. I’m sure some of you will be upset that I didn’t stop her, but all I could think was:

  1. What the FUCK?!
  2. Hell, she’s not my kid.
  3. Where’s my camera.
  4. She’s really bending over into that bucket. She might fall in and be upside down in a bucket of water. She could drown!
  5. I better hurry and get my camera before I miss something really cool!

I know I should have stopped her. But it was like filming a nature documentary in Africa. It’s kinda sad, but you just have to sit back and watch as the Tommy’s Gazelle is eaten alive by a cheetah.

Here is the baby.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/dirty.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/dirty2.jpg

And here is the bucket.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/bucket.jpg

After All, This is a Reception!
They did have a few of the traditional reception things.

Like tossing the garter.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/looky.jpg

And the flowers.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/headsup.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/igotit.jpg

And the part, where… you know.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/ogod.jpg

May I present to you, the Bride
This is right after she took off her dress. I wish I had the camera sooner.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/noshoes.jpg

Here she is with her dad.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/bridendad.jpg

Here is her mom.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/bridesmom.jpg

Here she is with 1 of her 8 babies.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/momofyear.jpg
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/momofyear2.jpg

Notice how close that bucket is to all of them. And WTF is that bucket doing there in the first place??? Holy Crap! What is the purpose of a bucket of stagnant water randomly sitting in a front yard full of kids?
Also, does it irk anyone else to see a mother holding her baby with a CIGARETTE in her hand like that? I don’t know why, but it just bothers me. Maybe it’s the fact that her dad has lung cancer and probably wont last another year or so! Christ, girl, your dad is dieing of lung cancer, can’t you take a hint?? On a side note, the story about her dad is kinda sad. The hospital told him he had lung cancer the same day they told him his insurance had been cancelled (I think maybe he was late on payments?). So they sent him home!! They were like, “You have to have this removed immediately! BTW, you no longer have insurance, have a nice day.”
There looking into having some nonprofits help them out. But that takes time, and each day that goes by is another day with spreading lung cancer.

The Groom
He’s like 12 or 13 years older than the bride. This is his third wedding and he has five kids from those other wives.
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/dadofyear.jpg

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Hmmm- after viewing those pictures I am not sure what to think. Plenty of tattoo’s, and overweight people.

It is the children you do feel sorry for.

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So which one is you,:

http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/jak.jpg ?
or
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/vamp/napples/kev.jpg ?

  • ::: runs and hides :::*
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I can’t see the pics even with cut & paste. :frowning:

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Wow, that’s incredible. I’ve been to my share of redneck parties, I thought, but not even close.

A wedding?! Was the bride’s mother even wearing pants?

Ain’t nothin’ says “best wishes” like a backyard full of hairy beer bellies, my momma always said.

Holy crap!

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Make sure you have a new window to work with. RIGHT click the link. Then select COPY SHORTCUT. Then click on the Address Bar in your other browser and press Ctrl+V. If that doesn’t work, type in the address manually? Hope you have better luck.

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Crap! None of the photos are working for me! Somebody e-mail Napples and show him how to work one of those newfangled free photo-posting web sites right quick, ‘cuz I wanna see me some weddun’ pict-chers!

Yeah, I’d do it myself but I have to leave in approx 2.5 seconds… :smack:

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First off I would like to say that this is NOT about being poor. This family recently received a quarter million dollars from a wrongful death settlement. That is more money than probably both my parents will ever make put together. All that money is gone and there is nothing to show for it. What in the world did they spend it on. Their new trailor is about the only evidence they every received that check. FWIW, the lawyer said they could have gotten more had they only been able to prove they “loved” their son and he was an integral part of the family. They had NO photos of him. None on the walls, and none in an album or anything.
They are not degenerates because they are poor, they are poor because they’re degenerates.
Also, above is a typo. What I meant was that I was UNable to capture a picture of the baby drinking the water. But I have some of the baby and I got a picture of the bucket.

Keep it in perspective.
Remember that this is a romantic wedding reception! Everyone here is wearing exactly what they wore to the wedding ceremony. Though some shirts have been removed. The bride, groom, their kids, and select few had on traditional wedding attire at the ceremony, but they changed as soon as they got home. The rest of them… They’re wearing their Sunday Best.

To set the mood, let’s start with a layout of the the land. No redneck yard is complete without a car or two up on blocks, right?
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/yard3.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/yard4.jpg

The cars all need work. But his real pride and joy is the 'ole dune buggy. It only needs a motor.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/buggy.jpg

What is with hanging out by the fence? This is sooo King of the Hill. I look at this pic and all I can think is “Yup.” “Ummm Yep.” “Yup” “ThisIsADangGumKickAssPartyMan.BestDangGumPartyAllYearMan”
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/umyup.jpg

Here are a couple shots of the people having a good time:
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/arrrgh.jp
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/jak.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/kev.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/wes.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/tailgating.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/happyday.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/napples/people.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/tailgate2.jpg

As I walked past these people, I hear “What’s he taking all those pictures for? Is he a cop?” Ummmmm, Maybe because it’s a freakin Wedding!!
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/youacop.jpg

**A wedding reception is not complete without flowers, right? Yes, these are plastic.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/niceflower.jpg

Let’s take a moment to check on the kids, shall we?

“Hey Look at Me, Mommy! I’m playing on these stumps!”
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/stumpfun.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/stumpfun2.jpg

One of the bride’s kids.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/1of8.jpg

Awwww, doggies!
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/kidsndog.jpg

What is with the puppy under the stairs???
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/stairdog.jpg

**The Little Girl Drinking from a Bucket

I’ll admit, the pictures don’t show her quite as filthy as I remember it. I first noticed her while I was standing by a group of people listening to them talk about motorcycles or some shit. I look down and see this little girl. She had the plastic cap from a sprite bottle in her hand. And she was dipping it into this bucket like some kind of bowel or something. She used this cap to pull out at least 3-4 sips as I watched her. I don’t know how long she had been there drinking it. The whole time she was at the feet of about 5 adults (not including me :slight_smile: ) One of them had to be her mom or baby-daddy. I’m sure some of you will be upset that I didn’t stop her, but all I could think was:

  1. What the FUCK?!
  2. Hell, she’s not my kid.
  3. Where’s my camera.
  4. She’s really bending over into that bucket. She might fall in and be upside down in a bucket of water. She could drown!
  5. I better hurry and get my camera before I miss something really cool!

I know I should have stopped her. But it was like filming a nature documentary in Africa. It’s kinda sad, but you just have to sit back and watch as the Tommy’s Gazelle is eaten alive by a cheetah.

Here is the baby.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/dirty.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/dirty2.jpg

And here is the bucket.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/bucket.jpg

After All, This is a Reception!
They did have a few of the traditional reception things.

Like tossing the garter.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/looky.jpg

And the flowers.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/headsup.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/igotit.jpg

And the part, where… you know.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/ogod.jpg

May I present to you, the Bride
This is right after she took off her dress. I wish I had the camera sooner.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/noshoes.jpg

Here she is with her dad.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/bridendad.jpg

Here is her mom.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/bridesmom.jpg

Here she is with 1 of her 8 babies.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/momofyear.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/momofyear2.jpg

Notice how close that bucket is to all of them. And WTF is that bucket doing there in the first place??? Holy Crap! What is the purpose of a bucket of stagnant water randomly sitting in a front yard full of kids?
Also, does it irk anyone else to see a mother holding her baby with a CIGARETTE in her hand like that? I don’t know why, but it just bothers me. Maybe it’s the fact that her dad has lung cancer and probably wont last another year or so! Christ, girl, your dad is dieing of lung cancer, can’t you take a hint?? On a side note, the story about her dad is kinda sad. The hospital told him he had lung cancer the same day they told him his insurance had been cancelled (I think maybe he was late on payments?). So they sent him home!! They were like, “You have to have this removed immediately! BTW, you no longer have insurance, have a nice day.”
There looking into having some nonprofits help them out. But that takes time, and each day that goes by is another day with spreading lung cancer.

The Groom
He’s like 12 or 13 years older than the bride. This is his third wedding and he has five kids from those other wives.
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/dadofyear.jpg
******I just learned that the baby drinking from that bucket is one of the bride’s babies. 2 of 8? So she was next to her mom AND dad the whole time. You can see the proximity of the bucket to where they were sitting. Accept that when she was dipping into the bucket, her parents were standing next to it. Not sitting with their backs to it.

Also, the lady in blue standing next to the plastic flowers in the photo is the Infamous “No More Fruit For You” Lady!

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Kind of makes you wonder if that’s a “proper” cigarette he’s holding, doesn’t it? :wink:

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I didn’t even notice that before! He even appears to be “hiding” it in the picture. Makes senses, now, why he was so paranoid.

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Trust a Doper to point it out. :wink:

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Eh… So there’s no picture of Mr. Napples? :smiley:

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:sigh: I don’t have any of me at the reception because I was taking all the pictures. I believe my dad may have taken a picture of me at the church. If he has one, Ill post it.

But, if you insist, here are some of me to hold you over.

http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/7294415-R1-014-5A.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/7294415-R1-030-13A_1.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/7294415-R1-032-14A_1.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/7294415-R1-E037.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/bunny2.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/cc1505_10.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/cc1505_11.jpg
http://www.vibrahost.com/imagehost/uploads/littleprick.jpg

:smiley:

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Hilarious, fascinating, and eventually, disturbing post, Bear_[choose suffix…]! Thanks for the eye-opener into “Life in the South Today…” There sher wer a lotta 4x4s in them pics! And whoever “Chuck” is… he sher does like dem Mopars! :smiley:

Don’t mean to bum things out, but that is all… pretty disturbing. I (humbly) think you understand, after your comment about the little girl and the stagnant water and you comparing it to "a nature documentary in Africa. " That is harsh but VERY accurate. I kinda thought there were some really … backward… people in the U.S. But it seemed like an exaggeration somehow… a myth. Wow! No myths here…

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Spooky pictures!

How far from location where those pictures taken?

It does look like a North Florida landscape and natives in those shots.

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I like the doggy pictures. Those dogs are cute! :slight_smile:

You didn’t participate in the garter tossing either, I guess?

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Oh…my…God :eek:

That must of certainly been something. From the look of it I kept expecting the FBI or ATF to be surrounding the place. You can almost hear a man shout, “Hey Skeeter, go get yer ol’ pa the shotgun.” :eek:
But the kids were quite lovely, which was surprising. They looked better than the adults, and they were the ones playing in the dirt.

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The disturbing thing for me is, that those are the exact same images I had in my head of what it would look like before Bear_Napples (I swear I won’t call you that in any other threads) posted the pics. :eek:

I’m curious about the man who was trying to catch the bridal bouquet. Quite interesting, indeed… :dubious:

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“Emmaline! Y’all get down from there! You got a splinter last week, and it’s Sharlesha’s turn now!”

It’s nice to see a set of family and friends that are so comfortable together that they can get this relaxed at what would ordinarily be a fairly stuffy, formal occasion.

No, really!

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Is it just me?.. or did anyone else have the mental image of a certain Georgia Satellites video running through their heads?

And that song…YEESH!
It’ll take DAYS to get that song out of my head!

<walks away singing quietly “no hug-EE no kiss-EE until I get a WEDdin’ ring!”>