# Here was a first-rate opportunity for a Gilbert & Sullivan fan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319 "2018-04-29T21:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/1 "2018-04-29T21:38:06Z")
Yesterday **Möpsin** and me had our wedding in church (the registry office wedding was three weeks ago). Quite apart from the joy of having the question that I asked her almost six years ago, at least answered in the affirmative, the day had another long-held wish of mine fulfilled. I had found a scan of a 1880 piano score of _The Pirates of Penzance_, and had prevailed on the nice church organist to adapt it to the organ. So we walked down the aisle to the tune of \*Here’s a first-rate opportunity To get married with impunity, And indulge in the felicity Of unbounded domesticity. You shall quickly be parsonified, Conjugally matrimonified, By a doctor of divinity, Who is located in this vicinity. \* It was a perfect day, we had her 93 year old father with us in church, we will spend several days this year with some of our wedding guests who have lined up visits to cultural events in their towns, the scene of our party is already tidied up, the day after yesterday we leave for the honeymoon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Majestic\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Majestic\_Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majestic_Lee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/2 "2018-04-29T21:39:53Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/3 "2018-04-29T22:25:06Z")
Congrats! Sending this thread on a honeymoon in MPSIMS ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/4 "2018-04-29T23:12:19Z")
Terrific! With heart and with voice Let us welcome this mating. To the maid of his choice With his heart palpitating… May their love never cloy May their bliss be unbounded With a halo of joy May their lives be surrounded… A first rate opportunity indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/5 "2018-04-29T23:19:48Z")
Felicitations to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/6 "2018-04-30T13:26:55Z")
Excellent - had I been there, I would have probably sung along! ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-was-a-first-rate-opportunity-for-a-gilbert-sullivan-fan/813319/7 "2018-04-30T14:37:12Z")
Congratulations! You should have gotten married on Feb 29 so you could have “A Most Ingenious Paradox” on your anniversary.