Comments on: Invitations http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 08:17:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Joshua http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31404 Joshua Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:55:21 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31404 Why wouldn't the writer word the wedding invitations the way any couple would? Granted, some of the invitees are likely to be shocked to receive the invitation. ("I thought she already <i>was</i> married!" "No, her husband just died -- and now she's immediately marrying his brother! It's disgusting.") But since what she is doing is in terrible taste anyway, there's no way phrasing the invitations differently is going to make a difference. Why wouldn’t the writer word the wedding invitations the way any couple would? Granted, some of the invitees are likely to be shocked to receive the invitation. (”I thought she already was married!” “No, her husband just died — and now she’s immediately marrying his brother! It’s disgusting.”) But since what she is doing is in terrible taste anyway, there’s no way phrasing the invitations differently is going to make a difference.

]]> By: Powers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31303 Powers Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:50:35 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31303 Yes, the petitioner should have asked "How should I word the wedding invitations." Yes, the petitioner should have asked “How should I word the wedding invitations.”

]]> By: Ray Brady http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31276 Ray Brady Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:42:10 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31276 The letter itself makes no sense to me. What does "How should I address the wedding invitations?" even mean? Regardless of the circumstances of the wedding, what possible alternatives are there for how you address them? The letter itself makes no sense to me. What does “How should I address the wedding invitations?” even mean? Regardless of the circumstances of the wedding, what possible alternatives are there for how you address them?

]]> By: turquoise cow http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31273 turquoise cow Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:51:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31273 Yeah, what David said was the first thing I thought of. Maybe because I've been watching too many history/national geographic channel specials about the laws of old Israel and the ten commandments and all that. Yeah, what David said was the first thing I thought of. Maybe because I’ve been watching too many history/national geographic channel specials about the laws of old Israel and the ten commandments and all that.

]]> By: PepperjackCandy http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31270 PepperjackCandy Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:58:31 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31270 I'm with Powers at #7. Also, if the final panel ended with an elipsis, I think it'd make more sense and/or be funnier. I’m with Powers at #7. Also, if the final panel ended with an elipsis, I think it’d make more sense and/or be funnier.

]]> By: David http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31259 David Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:34:38 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31259 She might just be following biblical law: Deuteronomy 25:5-10. “When brothers reside together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, taking her in marriage and performing the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of the deceased brother, so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel." (duck and cover) She might just be following biblical law:

Deuteronomy 25:5-10.
“When brothers reside together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, taking her in marriage and performing the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of the deceased brother, so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.”

(duck and cover)

]]> By: MarkM http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31248 MarkM Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:43:20 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31248 To add to what Marshal and "This guy I know" said, not only is the wedding date so close to the funeral date, the decision to marry the brother had to have been made before the body was even cold (if even dead). It's the juxtaposition of what is normally a quite sorrowful occasion (the loss of a spouse) with what is normally a joyful occasion (one's wedding). To add to what Marshal and “This guy I know” said, not only is the wedding date so close to the funeral date, the decision to marry the brother had to have been made before the body was even cold (if even dead).
It’s the juxtaposition of what is normally a quite sorrowful occasion (the loss of a spouse) with what is normally a joyful occasion (one’s wedding).

]]> By: Powers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31236 Powers Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:08:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31236 To explain the joke: "In lieu of flowers" is often seen on death announcements or obituaries, in the context "In lieu of flowers, the family asks for contributions to the American Cancer Society" or to some other favorite charity of the deceased. So Miss Know-It-All is suggesting to have the wedding information placed directly into the obituary. Presumably one figures if one is so uncouth as to marry one's late husband's brother so quickly after being widowed, the further faux pas of including that information in the death announcement is hardly worth mentioning. To explain the joke: “In lieu of flowers” is often seen on death announcements or obituaries, in the context “In lieu of flowers, the family asks for contributions to the American Cancer Society” or to some other favorite charity of the deceased. So Miss Know-It-All is suggesting to have the wedding information placed directly into the obituary. Presumably one figures if one is so uncouth as to marry one’s late husband’s brother so quickly after being widowed, the further faux pas of including that information in the death announcement is hardly worth mentioning.

]]> By: This guy I know http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31234 This guy I know Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:39:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31234 I agree with Marshal's explanation. Additionally, it reminded me of a quote from Shakespeare's "Hamlet": "...the funeral baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables." Miss Know-it-All's response was just a snide remark on the tactlessness of having the wedding date so close to the funeral date. I agree with Marshal’s explanation. Additionally, it reminded me of a quote from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”:

“…the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.”

Miss Know-it-All’s response was just a snide remark on the tactlessness of having the wedding date so close to the funeral date.

]]> By: Marshal http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31225 Marshal Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:00:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/13/invitations/#comment-31225 In lieu of flowers send wedding presents. In lieu of flowers send wedding presents.

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