http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk wedding: http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding ... I want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea for a Discworld themed nursery! When we finally move into our own house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a mural of 'Where's My Cow?' Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's the other one who snores.'
Rozi wrote: > http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ > (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk > wedding: http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding ... I > want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) > This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea > for a Discworld themed nursery! When we finally move into our own > house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a > mural of 'Where's My Cow?' > Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding > vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many > reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding > related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! > The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's > the other one who snores.'
Maybe you could borrow bits from Sam & Sybil's nuptials.
-- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------
> Rozi wrote: > >http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ > > (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk > > wedding:http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding... I > > want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) > > This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea > > for a Discworld themed nursery! When we finally move into our own > > house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a > > mural of 'Where's My Cow?' > > Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding > > vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many > > reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding > > related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! > > The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's > > the other one who snores.'
> Maybe you could borrow bits from Sam & Sybil's nuptials.
> -- > W > . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because > \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est > ---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------
The tricky bit might be finding the proper sort of pipe organ and the Librarian who is ape enough to play it...
Seriously, though, (okay, slightly more seriously...), there are quite a few nice love-related lines sprinkled in the various books. Not sure how adaptable they are to actual vows, though. Some might make for quite funny/touching readings. I'm just about to go to bed, so I'm having trouble dredging them up from memory. A little Google work turned up these.
Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment. - Wyrd Sisters
"A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores." — The Fifth Elephant
"And what would humans be without love?"
"Rare," said Death." — Sourcery
Vimes stared at the thing in his hand. It was a cigar case, slim and slightly curved.
He fumbled it open and read: To Sam with love from your Sybil.
The world moved. Vimes still felt like a drifting ship. But at the end of the tether there was now the tug of the anchor, pulling the ship around so that it faced the current. - Night Watch
Oddly, some of the ones that aren't really about love/marriage/romance in the books might be more adaptable.
The way to deal with an impossible task was to chop it down into a number of merely very difficult tasks, and break each one of them into a group of horribly hard tasks, and each of them into tricky jobs, and each of them... - Truckers
Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained. - A Hat Full Of Sky
Rereading the Magrat/Verence material might toss up a few more possibilities.
And I have a nagging half-memory of someone posting about a book signing/reading by Terry where he was asked by one of the attendees if Sam really loved Sybil, and after expressing surprise, he provided a lovely quote on marriage, but I can't find it at the moment. I believe I ran across it when trawling through old newsgroup postings through Google Groups, but can't swear to that.
Rozi wrote: > http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ > (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk > wedding: http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding ... I > want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) > This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea > for a Discworld themed nursery! When we finally move into our own > house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a > mural of 'Where's My Cow?' > Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding > vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many > reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding > related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! > The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's > the other one who snores.'
I managed to work the "getting along like a house on fire - lots of people screaming and running amok" into my father of the bride speech.
IMHO maybe you should keep the actual vows serious and leave the humour to the reception afterwards.
On 03 Nov 2009, Rozi <pretty.lett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ > (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk > wedding: http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding ... I > want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) > This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea > for a Discworld themed nursery! When we finally move into our own > house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a > mural of 'Where's My Cow?'
Excellent! I've got my neice a couple of toy orangs, and a turtle[1], but nothing on that scale (and her mother, while a DW fan herself, is unlikely to approve of that level of geekiness...)
> Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding > vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many > reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding > related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! > The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's > the other one who snores.'
Other people have mentioned the Sam & Sybil nuptuals, but MAA also reveals the official Ankh-Morpork civil ceremony runs as follows:
"Oh, go on then, if you really must."
As the Archchancellor notes, apart from anything else, it's a bit short.
[1]She also has a blue frisbee and a spinning top with four elephants on it. When I'm helping to tidy her room, I insist on stacking them on top of the turtle...
-- Dave "All those with psychokinesis, raise my hand." The Room With No Doors, Kate Orman
> On 03 Nov 2009, Rozi <pretty.lett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ > > (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk > > wedding:http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding... I > > want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) > > This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea > > for a Discworld themednursery! When we finally move into our own > > house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a > > mural of 'Where's My Cow?'
> Excellent! I've got my neice a couple of toy orangs, and a turtle[1], but > nothing on that scale (and her mother, while a DW fan herself, is > unlikely to approve of that level of geekiness...)
> > Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding > > vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many > > reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding > > related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! > > The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's > > the other one who snores.'
> Other people have mentioned the Sam & Sybil nuptuals, but MAA also > reveals the official Ankh-Morpork civil ceremony runs as follows:
> "Oh, go on then, if you really must."
> As the Archchancellor notes, apart from anything else, it's a bit short.
> [1]She also has a blue frisbee and a spinning top with four elephants on > it. When I'm helping to tidy her room, I insist on stacking them on top > of the turtle...
> -- > Dave > "All those with psychokinesis, raise my hand." > The Room With No Doors, Kate Orman
"Oh, go on then, if you really must." That's what I said when he proposed! Teehee!
> Rozi wrote: > >http://pregonaut.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-turtle-moves/ > > (referred over from offbeatbride's page on the author's steampunk > > wedding:http://offbeatbride.com/2007/12/a-steampunk-wedding... I > > want to marry this woman! I'm sure her husband wouldn't mind ;) ) > > This lady has done what I should have done and come up with an idea > > for a Discworld themednursery! When we finally move into our own > > house, I'm going to steal her idea and turn our daughter's room into a > > mural of 'Where's My Cow?' > > Also, does anyone have any suggestions for Discworld themed wedding > > vows? I know Pterrry's hardly a soppy romantic (which is one of many > > reasons why I love him) but I would like to get romantic/wedding > > related Discworld quotes in there somewhere! > > The only one I can think of is 'Marriage is two people who swear it's > > the other one who snores.'
> I managed to work the "getting along like a house on fire - lots of > people screaming and running amok" into my father of the bride speech.
> IMHO maybe you should keep the actual vows serious and leave the humour > to the reception afterwards.
> -- > Large Dave > This space accidentally left blank
As for injecting humour into our vows... well, I've always felt a little bit goes a long way, I'm hardly going to turn it into the best man's speech, but I was at my man-thing's uncle's wedding and the bride read a funny and sweet poem by Pam Ayres during her vows... it really worked for them. Since I am a Pterry fan, I was pretty sure there'd be some sweet but funny passages about love and marriage in general... I'm planning to read out a Ogden Nash poem called 'Tin Wedding Whistle', then for the reception I'll read 'I Do, I Will, I Have' and maybe follow it up with 'A marriage is made of two people who swear it's the other one who snores.'
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