# God is a lousy wedding planner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552 "2021-04-22T17:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/41 "2021-04-24T15:06:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ah. Florida. ‘Gentlemen’s Bar’. > > Stripper stage. From Wanda Sykes: > Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to a brass pole. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/42 "2021-04-24T15:18:31Z")
I didn’t/don’t frequent those places, but I’d be a liar if I claimed I’d never been inside one. Back in the early 1980s USAF briefly stationed me near Cocoa Beach FL. And being 22, my pals & I hit a nearby club a time or three. I drove through that town about about 2-3 years ago, so ~35 years later. It occurred to me to look for the place along the main drag through town. It was still there in the same building doing business with the same name. I didn’t stop in this time, as my wife was with me. Though I did tell her the story. Who’d have thunk that’d be possible? It certainly wasn’t part of any chain or franchise, yet 35 years later it was still going. Florida is _special_ that way. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/43 "2021-04-24T15:30:37Z")
I was half-expecting this thread to be about a newly discovered Bach cantata. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/44 "2021-04-24T15:31:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I drove through that town about about 2-3 years ago, so ~35 years later. It occurred to me to look for the place along the main drag through town. It was still there in the same building doing business with the same name. I didn’t stop in this time, as my wife was with me. Though I did tell her the story. > > Who’d have thunk that’d be possible? It certainly wasn’t part of any chain or franchise, yet 35 years later it was still going. Florida is _special_ that way. Same dancers, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/45 "2021-04-24T16:34:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Same dancers, too. 😃 Good bet the current dancers look a lot like the prior crop. Except with lots more tattoos. And probably browner on average. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/46 "2021-04-25T03:26:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I didn’t/don’t frequent those places, And yet you knew of “The Tender Trap” on Koval, near Paradise, in Vegas. Uh huh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/47 "2021-04-25T12:57:14Z")
And the Spearmint Rhino (gone), the Olympic Garden (gone), the Platinum Club (still there [Flamingo near Koval) as of last week when I drove past), and the especially sleazy joint on Rancho just north of US-95 which may or may not still be there and whose name I forget. And the big place near Jerry’s Nugget in NLV whose name I don’t recall either. Having a good memory for geography and doing a lot of running around town can be a curse some time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/48 "2021-04-27T02:56:20Z")
Who says Spearmint Rhino is gone? Maybe one site you remember in Vegas is gone? Their web site is still up and live and has a copyright 2021 note at the bottom, so it seems to be current, and has a list of their locations. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/49 "2021-04-27T13:09:02Z")
I was referring to that particular outlet. Last I looked ~10 years ago they were the walmart of the industry with locations all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/50 "2022-06-21T15:34:34Z")
At least these people managed to start their event before being busted. > **[$8 million WaterColor home broken into for house party documented on social...](https://weartv.com/news/local/8-million-seaside-home-broken-into-for-house-party-documented-on-social-media)** > > WALTON COUNTY, Fla. -- The Walton County Sheriff's Office is trying to identify the people responsible for breaking into a Seaside home and throwing a large party. The sheriff's office posted about the incident Monday afternoon, saying deputies were... ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552/51 "2022-06-24T02:26:44Z")
Since one of my male college friends was born in the late 70s? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-is-a-lousy-wedding-planner/940552.md?page=2)