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.ak

awec wrote: »

We're not fussed on a band, my family wouldn't give a feck and hers would dance to a man banging a tin bath so think it's probably unnecessary. Leaning toward no band at all and going with our DJ all night.

I'll give you a special rate...



... Your family are all into techno, right?

Pink Fairy

Got told something very funny about my hol in Budapest, but I can't repeat what I did as it's racist as fck

.ak

Anyone planning on going to Burning Man? Missed out on the ticket sale this evening. It's so bloody random.

Pink Fairy

.ak wrote: »

I'll give you a special rate...



... Your family are all into techno, right?

They should just forget the church and have it in a place that means so much to either or both the bride and groom. If it's the bride I suggest KFC, if it's awec, The George is his normal haunt.
Farls and harp at the reception, he'll be happy out

Buer

awec wrote: »

What do you think of no band? People keep telling us no band is relatively common now, and we've got a good DJ who can do the whole night.

I think it's your day and you should 100% do whatever you want!

I'd take into consideration the crowd that will be attending. Will they need coaxing to get up on the dancefloor and are you bothered if the floor is a bit quiet?

I've been to 25-30 weddings in the past 4 years and I've seen loads of people p*ss away money on bands given they bride and groom themselves had no interest. I've also seen some weddings where the band made the evening. Simply depends on the couple and the crowd.

If I could do it all again, I'd spend less (and we didn't break the bank to begin with) and spend that money on a few extra luxuries on the honeymoon.

EDIT: Anyway, don't be worrying about the music....it's the speech you're going to f*ck up.

Yeah_Right

awec wrote: »

Anyone able to recommend any wedding videographers? This task has been delegated to me! :pac:

For the cost of a few drinks and a feed, you could probably get a few of the lads on here to film it on their phones. No doubt there's some editing software you can get cheap or free to put all together later. Sorted.


Ok, a lot of drinks.

.ak

Pink Fairy wrote: »

They should just forget the church and have it in a place that means so much to either or both the bride and groom. If it's the bride I suggest KFC, if it's awec, The George is his normal haunt.
Farls and harp at the reception, he'll be happy out

Wouldn't be the first time I've dj'd in the George....

Pink Fairy

.ak wrote: »

Wouldn't be the first time I've dj'd in the George....

"bj'd" you meant?

.ak

Buer wrote: »

I think it's your day and you should 100% do whatever you want!

Correct! :pac:

I'd take into consideration the crowd..

Erroneous! :mad:

.ak

Pink Fairy wrote: »

"bj'd" you meant?

Whatevs. When in Rome!

Yeah_Right

Pink Fairy wrote: »

Got told something very funny about my hol in Budapest, but I can't repeat what I did as it's racist as fck

The mods say it's fine and Father Jack forgives you. Tell us.

Everyone knows a guy that brings an acoustic guitar to every party he goes to, just invite that guy to play at the wedding. That's the Band cash saved.

If you get onto Snapchat and get a very specific geo-filter setup for the wedding it might only cost you <€200. Simply ask all guests to save their stories, and you're sorted.

Alternatively, don't get married and save the cash that way.

mfceiling

Oul ones always love a band and a good band will get everyone up dancing. We had "boogie nights" and they were very good. I wanted "the bootleg beatles" but they wouldn't commit to the date incase a festival came up (even a full payment up front wouldn't swing them).

Dj was a tosser. I had 4 cds of music made up in advance - everything from the stone roses to the smiths, oasis, blur etc...basically the music of our younger days and our friends. No he decided to play things like the rave version of the fields of athenry and just general pop of the day crap.

I was too busy boozing and schmoozing to bother giving out to him but it was bad form from him.

I reckon awec is going to be on here steady for the next few months!! No pressure big man!!

The Bootleg Beatles are worth seeing in their own right. Absolutely excellent group.

awec

Ha!

We're going to see a band on Saturday night, we've decided unless they blow us away we're calling it quits on a band.

Our DJ is good, he's a friend of hers.

b.gud

.ak wrote: »

I'll give you a special rate...



... Your family are all into techno, right?

I think they're more of a gabba music family

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Pink Fairy wrote: »

Last wedding I went to was a cracking day until the band started....C&W and the first song before the couples dance was Wagon Wheel

They're mad for C&W up North. Can't jive to anything else.

Stheno

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

They're mad for C&W up North. Can't jive to anything else.

I once stayed in a dry hotel up north

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Stheno wrote: »

I once stayed in a dry hotel up north

Was there still jiving though?

Stheno

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Was there still jiving though?

NO we were all in bed by eleven, it was a desperate place.

Think it was near Craigavon :pac:

pickarooney

mfceiling wrote: »

Oul ones always love a band and a good band will get everyone up dancing. We had "boogie nights" and they were very good. I wanted "the bootleg beatles" but they wouldn't commit to the date incase a festival came up (even a full payment up front wouldn't swing them).

Dj was a tosser. I had 4 cds of music made up in advance - everything from the stone roses to the smiths, oasis, blur etc...basically the music of our younger days and our friends. No he decided to play things like the rave version of the fields of athenry and just general pop of the day crap.

I was too busy boozing and schmoozing to bother giving out to him but it was bad form from him.

I reckon awec is going to be on here steady for the next few months!! No pressure big man!!

Why would you hire a DJ and give him CDs to play? Seems like a complete waste of money.

rsh118

Don't start me on wedding stuff. 'Hair cut? €5. Wait, wedding haircut?? €50 cheers!'

Half the time I swear it's just for the additional pressure on them to deliver something half-decent!

mfceiling

pickarooney wrote: »

Why would you hire a DJ and give him CDs to play? Seems like a complete waste of money.

It made sense at the time!! He had all the gear - cd changers, amps, speakers etc but I wanted to make sure the music was good.
I was at one wedding before in Mayo and the dj just played everything from Nirvana to The Cure. It was brilliant!! No oul fuddy duddy C+W or generic pop music. All the people of the ages of the bride and groom never left the dancefloor!!

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

I once stayed in a dry hotel up north

Drove through a 'Dry County' in Kentucky before.

I could feel my skin crawl.

Yeah_Right

Deleted User wrote: »

Drove through a 'Dry County' in Kentucky before.

I could feel my skin crawl.

Was it called Bourbon County? I think Jim Beam's distillery is actually in a dry county.

.ak

Big Bang theory is the worstest. Anyone who thinks it's funny needs to go evaluate themselves.

awec

I'm pretty sure jaco only watches it for yer ones baps.

Teferi

The Big Bang Theory is completely vanilla, it's neither good or bad, it just is. I'll happily have it on in the background if I'm surfing or something like that.

I've always thought that people who actively dislike it probably see a little too much of themselves in the caricatures displayed...

You're all autists, basically.

errlloyd

awec wrote: »

I'm pretty sure jaco only watches it for yer ones baps.

Worth it.

Yeah big bang theory is gash. Tried to watch it once or twice and don't get what the fuss is about.

Teferi

Teferi wrote: »

The Big Bang Theory is completely vanilla, it's neither good or bad, it just is. I'll happily have it on in the background if I'm surfing or something like that.

I've always thought that people who actively dislike it probably see a little too much of themselves in the caricatures displayed...

You're all autists, basically.

and?

Scythica

Teferi wrote: »

The Big Bang Theory is completely vanilla, it's neither good or bad, it just is. I'll happily have it on in the background if I'm surfing or something like that.

That's quite impressive, did you buy a mount for your tablet on the board or something?

.ak

Teferi wrote: »

The Big Bang Theory is completely vanilla, it's neither good or bad, it just is. I'll happily have it on in the background if I'm surfing or something like that.

I've always thought that people who actively dislike it probably see a little too much of themselves in the caricatures displayed...

You're all autists, basically.

Completely. I'm an absolute nerd, and they don't represent that correctly. I'm outraged.

.ak

Hahah. Teferi still surfs teh worldl wied webb

Teferi

.ak wrote: »

Hahah. Teferi still surfs teh worldl wied webb

<laugh track>

Podge_irl

.ak wrote: »

Completely. I'm an absolute nerd, and they don't represent that correctly. I'm outraged.

As I mentioned on the other thread, I studied theoretical physics for a large number of years in several places. The characters are crude stereotypes of what people think these people are like in my experience. I understand the concept of exaggerating and stereotyping in a comedy but it really did bug me for a long time.

Most highly successful physicists are the same as highly successful people in other fields. They're annoying good at everything, including getting along with people (it's actually incredibly important these days).


Now mathematicians...those ****ers are weird.

.ak

Podge_irl wrote: »

As I mentioned on the other thread, I studied theoretical physics for a large number of years in several places. The characters are crude stereotypes of what people think these people are like in my experience. I understand the concept of exaggerating and stereotyping in a comedy but it really did bug me for a long time.

Most highly successful physicists are the same as highly successful people in other fields. They're annoying good at everything, including getting along with people (it's actually incredibly important these days).


Now mathematicians...those ****ers are weird.

Synode

Adam Johnson the ex Sunderland football player sentenced to 6 years. What an absolute wally

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I see New Zealand has voted to keep it's flag as is.

Shame, some of the new designs were pretty cool.

This one, for example.

What a great big waste of time

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Deleted User wrote: »

What a great big waste of time

Waste of money, more like.

Podge_irl

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Waste of money, more like.

Ah $15M is ultimately peanuts to a government. I'd be more concerned that the whole thing was a bit of a jumbled mess. And the shortlist was rubbish.

errlloyd

Podge_irl wrote: »

Ah $15M is ultimately peanuts to a government. I'd be more concerned that the whole thing was a bit of a jumbled mess. And the shortlist was rubbish.

Yeah this would be my concern. I think there were lots of reasons why NZ would want to change flag, but I think they made a hash of the process and there won't be an appetite to do it again for another 20 years.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Podge_irl wrote: »

Ah $15M is ultimately peanuts to a government. I'd be more concerned that the whole thing was a bit of a jumbled mess. And the shortlist was rubbish.

I thought there was a few decent ones on the long list.

I preferred this one to the one they went with but when it was mocked up it was navy blue instead of black.

Bazzo

Speaking of TV: I was watching a show called Lilyhammer the othe day. It's about a New York mobster who asks to be placed in witness protection in Lillehammer, Norway because he remembers seeing it on TV during the '94 Winter Olympics and thinking it looked like a nice place.

Decent show, but there's a scene where they were in a bar in this small town in Norway having a drink and I had to do a double take because something in the background caught my eye.

Pink Fairy

awec wrote: »

I'm pretty sure jaco only watches it for yer ones baps.

Would you not call em farls or potao cakes up north?....theres a "I wouldn't mind spreading my butter on Penny's farls" joke in there somewhere

Stheno

awec wrote: »

I'm pretty sure jaco only watches it for yer ones baps.

I once worked in a place where the crm system was called baps

Pink Fairy

Hired a Russian girl to work for me....bad mistake, she's a bit of a lookalike for Angelina Jolie in the face and lips dept and a lot of the lads in the service area are spending too much time out gawping at her

Scythica

Pink Fairy wrote: »

Hired a Russian girl to work for me....bad mistake, she's a bit of a lookalike for Angelina Jolie in the face and lips dept and a lot of the lads in the service area are spending too much time out gawping at her

And on a completely unrelated note, where dya work??

P_1

Scythica wrote: »

And on a completely unrelated note, where dya work??

Indeed, rather lacking in the info there :P