Posted August 6, 200816 yr Today has been a very emotional day here on UO. So I thought I would find something "entertaining" that we could all enjoy. Looks like a real hummdinger. ** First view the slideshow. ** Slideshow: http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/ftp/multimedia/waffleweddingx/publish_to_web/ Then, read the story below... Scattered, smothered, covered and hitched Couple marries at Waffle House By Alex P. Joyner Staff Writer DACULA - As the famous twang of Hank Williams Jr. blasted from an SUV stereo Friday afternoon, about 30 folks socialized, sipped soda and puffed on cigarettes. No, this wasn't a Fourth of July backyard barbecue. It was the run-up to a wedding. In a Waffle House parking lot. The lucky couple, George "Bubba" Mathis and Pamela Christian - both 23 and employees at the Dacula diner located at the Ga. Highway 316/U.S. Highway 29 interchange - wouldn't have it any other way. "I don't know, it's something different," Mathis said while fixing his tie prior to the ceremony. For years, the couple tried to marry on their Independence Day anniversary. But the bride was always scheduled to work. Instead of waiting any longer - she got the day off at the last minute; Mathis had to report for the morning shift - the couple of nine years decided to seal the deal at work. The result was what a NASCAR tailgate might be like if Hank Jr. himself stopped by with all his rowdy friends: Loud and proud - country music, storytelling and plenty of Dale Earnhardt paraphernalia - and not an iota of pretentiousness. Shortly after exchanging vows under the shade of a tree next to the parking lot, both man and wife let out sighs of relief as they picked up their two little blonde girls and chatted with family and friends. But there was not time to relax - the wedding cake had to be cut inside. "It's been crazy, madness," the bride said. "Finally, everything worked out." Standing nearby, the father of the newly minted Mrs. Pamela Mathis, William Christopher, wondered if anyone had videotaped the ceremony. He wants to send it in to CMT. "I think it's pretty redneck myself," he said, laughing. "But I'm a redneck anyway, so." The couple plans to honeymoon Monday and Tuesday, but then it's back to work. The destination? "I don't know yet," Mathis said. http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=84&ArticleID=16944
August 6, 200816 yr Hot Damn! Pretty dang fancy. That had to be staged, or at least prearranged for press coverage; the photography in that slide show is way above the caliber of such an event.
August 7, 200816 yr About the only thing that could possiblly top that for a Redneck wedding would be to get married on the field of the grandstands in between rounds of a demolition derby at a county fairgrounds. Although I did make people stand at my wedding because it was a short 15 minute creremony in the Pavillion at the Rose garden in Millcreek Park in Y-town.
August 10, 200816 yr The bride with the cigarette is so classy....and getting married in white with your three kids attending. Guess I'm too old to appreciate the beauty of the white trash version of America celebrated in the video.
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