# Charles Manson is getting married! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907 "2014-11-17T23:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/41 "2014-11-18T20:14:57Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I hope he didn’t register for ink-pen-ink-for-the-production-of-forehead-prison-swastica-tattoos, because as soon as I heard the news, I just _knew_ what I was going to get him! I was going to get him a branding iron to take it to the next level. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/42 "2014-11-18T20:17:28Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > I wonder what they will register for? What do you get for the man who has everything the prison allows? What was a little confusing to me in that article was, what’s the difference between a Manson family member and a follower? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/43 "2014-11-18T20:19:39Z")
People need fame. _Sigh_. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/44 "2014-11-18T20:22:59Z")
Yikes! Just found out (wikipedia) that this guy’s been married twice before! :eek: And he has 3 sons. :eek: :eek: :eek: Be afraid. Be very afraid. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/45 "2014-11-18T20:23:59Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I was going to get him a branding iron to take it to the next level. I wonder if he’ll carve her name in his forehead or something. There’s still some space near the top. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/46 "2014-11-18T20:25:23Z")
She’s a Helter Skelter Denier. I remember when Rush Limbaugh (back when he was actually funny and not such a whiny conspiracy nut) frequently got calls from Vera, an ardent follower of some kind of cult leader (forgot his name) who said he had a spaceship that would carry all the black people safely while he destroyed the white race. She kept telling Rush how much she loved that man and how all the whites were going to be demolished. Rush would ask her if she’d ever seen this ship, but she’d never give a straight answer. Her default mode was yelling, so she was hard to converse with. She not only swallowed the kool-aid, she went to the kool-aid factory and drank it dry as well. She’d push all reasoning aside and let the crazy take over. Manson’s bride-to-be is reminiscent of Vera. I’ve always wondered if she ever figured out the guy was full of BS. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/47 "2014-11-18T20:48:01Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I wonder if he’ll carve her name in his forehead or something. There’s still some space near the top. We could get him a battery powered drill. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/48 "2014-11-18T20:50:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Find me any fundamentalist Christian who’s celebrating Manson’s wedding, and then we’ll talk. They may not be celebrating it. But I am sure most prefer it to a gay marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/49 "2014-11-18T21:04:00Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/50 "2014-11-18T21:06:16Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Egad. Maybe we’ll be lucky and nuclear war will start first! Yes, destruction of the planet is way better than Charlie making babees. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/51 "2014-11-18T21:46:07Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > They may not be celebrating it. But I am sure most prefer it to a gay marriage. It’s pretty disheartening, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/52 "2014-11-18T21:52:15Z")
> [@Fiveroptic](#): > > It’s pretty disheartening, isn’t it? Yeah it really is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in this country. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/53 "2014-11-18T21:54:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We could get him a battery powered drill. I would recommend a jackhammer. To use on him. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/54 "2014-11-18T21:55:46Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Yes, destruction of the planet is way better than Charlie making babees. :dubious: No, I don’t see any difference. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/55 "2014-11-18T22:05:48Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I would recommend a jackhammer. To use on him. Right there with ya. That swastika he carved in his forehead makes for a great target too… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/56 "2014-11-18T23:06:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Apparently she’s been visiting him since she was 17, if I have the timeline right. > > I’m guessing that she had a really bad home life. I blame whoever named her “Afton”. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/57 "2014-11-18T23:40:51Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I wonder if he’ll carve her name in his forehead or something. There’s still some space near the top. Didn’t she already carve an “x” in her head to look like her intended, long before he changed his own carving into a swastika? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/58 "2014-11-20T00:27:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Ewww. I can’t believe that old bastard is still alive. Oh, yeah, but, he’s retired from the DAs office, and is still writing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/59 "2014-11-20T01:13:30Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Oh, yeah, but, he’s retired from the DAs office, and is still writing. You lost me on that, but I probably don’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/60 "2014-11-20T04:08:51Z")
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