I feel the need to interject here that nudging the divorce rate ever-so-slightly higher by making subtle suggestions will in no way insure your extended marital bliss at the cost of others, Scott.
Matter of fact, if I were Missy, which I feel is a very good thing I am not, on soooo many levels, I think I would be pummeling you with a Wing Ho right about now.
For a moment, I was hoping this might be the introduction of a new gay character on BI (your wife's momentary transformation into Portia de Rossi notwithstanding). Instead, it just turns out to be a typo ("fiance"=man; "fiancee"=woman). Don't worry...we queers are used to being disappointed.
I like it... my niece is getting married in just over a week - let's see if we can drive her over the brink of insanity by suggesting to her fiancee that they write their own vows... NOW!
Speaking as someone who has been a best man, a groomsman several times, once a groom - and finally; as a divorced person myself, I think you're over reacting a bit, Jiggly. :-b
If a webcomic making light of a very common occurrence pushes someone over the edge, then it was just a matter of time for them anyway. (But if I were Scott, I'd probably appreciate you thinking that the comic is so widely influential as to actually have an impact on such a dramatic thing as the divorce rate.) I don't even think he's making light of divorce itself - it seems he's poking fun at how people accept/expect it.
1.) panels three and four deliver the goods! 2.) you and your fair lady model the infinity tees very well 3.) me and my fair lady together ten years - no vows - common law - no kids - only cats 4.) vows rarely, if ever, talk about K I D S - it's the equivalent of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - ing coupledom and becoming a F A M I L Y.
well, we did the old vows on the basis that doing our own and hearing our friends barfing into the flower arrangements might ruin our 'moment'. also, doesn't writing your own vows open the possibility of 'vow mismatch'? e.g. bride is really gushy and touching, groom has a hilariously funny but flippant vow? sounds like a good way to end up with a gardenia embedded in your ear.
That was laughing so hard coffee came out my nose funny. Brilliant. My wife and I wrote our own vows. By which I mean she spent many weeks working on her vows and I just got up there and freestyled. We are still married 10 years later.
What amazes me Missy is that you know enough about it to comment...what alarms me is that my wife stated, "It CAN be done. You just have to dig down and reach for that extra 10%." After her saying that, I stated my intention to try, but she said I would have to be covered in hand sanitizer before ever touching me again, and besides she'd pummel me if I tried, because it was part of our vows that I, "never ever ever touch a Wing Ho as long as we both shall live."
Technical note for Scott: when I opened the page in Firefox the background colour was black ... black text on black background = somewhat hard to read. (Here's my obscure reference; when Arthrur and Ford steal a spaceship at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe the find that the owner was so cool that they made the control labels black, on a black background, with a black screen showing a black on black picture) - I'm not sure if this is a problem with the way I set up Firefox, or with the BI page setup.
Item to make you think... the last time I was at the drive through window at my bank, I noticed that the keys on the automatic teller were labeled in Braille.
April 1, 2009
Reader Comments (36)
Cold as ice.
Master Blaster!!!
Hehehe! Nice. I'm getting married in about 3 months. . .hmmm. . .maybe we should write our own vows. :grin:
If you made a Bartertown reference in your vows, I hope you proposed at Universal Studios, right when Jaws pops out of the water. Great comic!
Can you do one called "how to call your boss an idiot without him knowing it"?
http://basicinstructions.net/?p=919
Covered, sort of. Although more of that would not hurt.
I feel the need to interject here that nudging the divorce rate ever-so-slightly higher by making subtle suggestions will in no way insure your extended marital bliss at the cost of others, Scott.
Matter of fact, if I were Missy, which I feel is a very good thing I am not, on soooo many levels, I think I would be pummeling you with a Wing Ho right about now.
For a moment, I was hoping this might be the introduction of a new gay character on BI (your wife's momentary transformation into Portia de Rossi notwithstanding). Instead, it just turns out to be a typo ("fiance"=man; "fiancee"=woman). Don't worry...we queers are used to being disappointed.
I like it... my niece is getting married in just over a week - let's see if we can drive her over the brink of insanity by suggesting to her fiancee that they write their own vows... NOW!
Very funny - BECAUSE of the honesty!
Speaking as someone who has been a best man, a groomsman several times, once a groom - and finally; as a divorced person myself, I think you're over reacting a bit, Jiggly. :-b
If a webcomic making light of a very common occurrence pushes someone over the edge, then it was just a matter of time for them anyway. (But if I were Scott, I'd probably appreciate you thinking that the comic is so widely influential as to actually have an impact on such a dramatic thing as the divorce rate.) I don't even think he's making light of divorce itself - it seems he's poking fun at how people accept/expect it.
This comic is hilarious, as always.
1.) panels three and four deliver the goods!
2.) you and your fair lady model the infinity tees very well
3.) me and my fair lady together ten years - no vows - common law - no kids - only cats
4.) vows rarely, if ever, talk about K I D S - it's the equivalent of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - ing coupledom and becoming a F A M I L Y.
I think that has been demonstrated repeatedly, here, and in Scott Adams' Dilbert.
Well done! That is your best yet.
well, we did the old vows on the basis that doing our own and hearing our friends barfing into the flower arrangements might ruin our 'moment'. also, doesn't writing your own vows open the possibility of 'vow mismatch'? e.g. bride is really gushy and touching, groom has a hilariously funny but flippant vow? sounds like a good way to end up with a gardenia embedded in your ear.
Have you tried pummeling someone with a Wing Ho? Those girls are HEAVY. Must be the weight from their enormous knockers.
That was laughing so hard coffee came out my nose funny. Brilliant. My wife and I wrote our own vows. By which I mean she spent many weeks working on her vows and I just got up there and freestyled. We are still married 10 years later.
Love the mad max reference. I do this to my wife sometimes, my imitation of master is pretty good.
"Who run Bartertown?"
I like the way the dude is giving a Shocker-like hand gesture in panel 2. It explains a lot.
The 3rd panel is pure gold.
Wow, you just took eight million more words than I would have said, or even intended right out of my mouth...I'm stunned into complacent agreement.
What amazes me Missy is that you know enough about it to comment...what alarms me is that my wife stated, "It CAN be done. You just have to dig down and reach for that extra 10%." After her saying that, I stated my intention to try, but she said I would have to be covered in hand sanitizer before ever touching me again, and besides she'd pummel me if I tried, because it was part of our vows that I, "never ever ever touch a Wing Ho as long as we both shall live."
[...] Basic Instructions [...]
Technical note for Scott: when I opened the page in Firefox the background colour was black ... black text on black background = somewhat hard to read. (Here's my obscure reference; when Arthrur and Ford steal a spaceship at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe the find that the owner was so cool that they made the control labels black, on a black background, with a black screen showing a black on black picture) - I'm not sure if this is a problem with the way I set up Firefox, or with the BI page setup.
Item to make you think... the last time I was at the drive through window at my bank, I noticed that the keys on the automatic teller were labeled in Braille.
Covered in hand sanitizer? :D
http://basicinstructions.net/?p=417