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The Vegas Bride Smells Phishy

– The Events of September 30, 2000

 

It was hour 41 of Vegas and as is customary, only about 3 of it had been spent sleeping thus far. Gwen called me up at about 4:30 to make sure I was awake. I had just taken a 20 minute nap which in Vegas feels like nearly a full 8 hours.  I stopped by their room for a quick gagger and some bowls and off to the parking lot we went.  The wedding was scheduled for 5:00 and it was about 4:45 by the time I left the St. Tropez.  I was donned in the prankster garb with a priest collar poking its way out the top.  The gagger refreshed me after a night spent up with Brian doing anything and everything put in front of us.  He lay comatose on the floor of one of the St. Tropez rooms. The bastard.  A small crew of us headed for the lot.

                BIG CEREMONY BEGINS

On the way, we passed out some kazoos ThommyB and I had gotten to have the crowd hum or something. I was stopping at small groups and explaining the situation and people seemed interested despite the fact that my hair was in little ridiculous knots and I was slurring every word and stumbling around like a tard.  In Vegas this is acceptable behavior for someone about to administer a wedding.  I got to the wedding site where Christina, Kelly (the bride), and Mike (the groom) awaited. I was a bit late so they thought I had bagged on it.  But alas we stood in disarray as I looked to Christina who looked to Kelly who looked to Mike who looked to me to start the thing. I had no idea what was going on, so I began to work the hillside next to where we would be having the wedding.  I threw out kazoos to the mouth breathers sitting on the hill staring into thin air watching air particles.  I’m not sure if I wasn’t on their level or they weren’t on mine, but most of them didn’t seem to grasp that I wanted them to stand up and come watch this thing, so they just looked at me funny as I talked to them.  Eventually when we started, I saw many of them scurry over so they could hear what was going on.

So Christina and Kelly had run off so Kelly could go put on her slutty dress that we had all required of her.  She came back looking stunning, complete with veil.  Fogey (best man) looked even worse than I felt, and I’m not so sure if he even knew what was going on, but he escorted Kelly from behind me around to meet Mike.  I was standing on a light pole reading off of notecards with pictures of naked women on them. Occasionally I would try to rub a boobie while reading. Not sure if that worked or not, but it felt good to me.

I had written a little rap for them, but for reasons of brevity, decided not to read at the beginning of the ceremo ny. But here is a little revisionism:

“HEY LOOK, A GUY’S DOIN STUFF”   

A couple of moons, when they first met
her body he drooled at, it demanded to be pet

But also her spirit, and not just in bed
He decided one night, they have to be wed

so drugged her he did, and agreed she done do'd
and ceremony 1 was nice, but this one's about to get lewd....
by a rude dude, ya dig?

cause for whatever reason, they sought out this clown
to help them recommit, in this crazy ass town

so settle yourselves, and help our good pals
throw up your good vibes, and stop scoping for gals
(they're all waiting for me to get naked anyway)

So without further ado, let our festivities start
so tune in your ears, and tune in your heart....
LET'S GET READY TO STUMBLE!!!!

 

Mike and Kelly got the official cards that I attempted to read, but due to blurry vision and limited brainwaves, I’m pretty sure I was winging a lot of it,  but here’s an unofficial transcript of the ceremony:

Freaks, Geeks, Hippies, Tour Rats and random passerbys:

Today we are here to celebrate life and its many bounties, two of which are attached to the front of the bride.

Throughout life, we are placed with the task of many choices. One is to choose a life partner as these two have.  Today we celebrate that choice - one borne up on a flood of feeling rather than homogenized thru the heavy-handed application of traditional nonsense.  The freaks before you wish  to commit themselves to each other in front of  the Phamily of their choice, rather then the ones they simply were born into.

And even with the formalities and ritualistic components, what we hope to convey in this ceremony is the fact that love takes on a myriad of forms and that nonsense  and silliness should prevail throughout all of it.

Like the melding of the 4 individuals who comprise Phish, today symbolizes  a joining of two individuals to create a unique and special identity.  To continue    in life’s tour together -- perhaps creating more tour rats, kicking down to each other, going down on each other and supplying each other with an endless bounty of love,  warmth, drugs and music.

 

YOUR PARENTS WERE MARRIED BY THIS

 At this point, I took off my prankster suit and donned the official shirt of a priest with boxer shorts and one sock.

And to express this commitment, I ask first that the groom repeat his vows:

I (insert groom’s name here) do take (insert bride’s name here) to live in union with, to get my freak on with, to spawn little demons in the image of a colfax, to dance without inhibitions when the joys of Phish are heard, and to love with every ounce of my heart.

It should be noted that Mike repeated all lines, although was hesitant about that whole children resembling Colfax remark.  The crowd ooohed and ahhhed at that every ounce of my heart line. Sappy fuckers. What they didn’t realize is that I was just setting them up for the good stuff with that sappy crap.  I asked Kelly to repeat the vows below which I’d like to think she did.  I can’t really remember, but she balked at a lot of them. I thought they were well thought out >>>

 

 

I DON’T REALLY HAVE TO REPEAT THIS DO I?

 

I (insert bride’s name here) do take (insert groom’s name here), to live in union with, to be a receptacle for fluids, to offer up a variety of holes for input, and to love or whatever - take care of the kids when  they shit their pants or something....

I specifically remember her saying “or something,” which, by the power invested in me, was good enough.

  At this point, I explained that in lieu of further vows, I was going to have each of them tell a story.  I asked Mike to go first and to fill us all in on the night he proposed to Kelly.  He turned around and faced the audience (which was probably about 150 people strong at this point.  However, they were still looking pretty confused as to what was going on).

Mike told us that it was in December, I believe, and he had wanted to surprise Kelly with the proposal, and that she had no idea it was coming.  He said it was a rousing success.  I was looking for a little more outta the chump, but what do you expect from a cat who wears a backwards Yankee cap to his own fucking wedding?  (ps. GO YANKS!!! - any other hat would’ve been unacceptable at the alter of the Reverend Slim Shady). 

At this point I had Kelly turn around and tell the crowd of the night that she first met Mike.  It was at this point that 2 horseback mounted cops decided they were going to get involved in our ceremony.  I was eye to eye with them as one mounty came sidling up right next to me separating me from the rest of the group.  He then proceeded to move his horse sideways pushing the crowd from me.  Poor Gwen got smacked in the face with a horse rump.  It was really out of control.  I screamed at the cop and said something to the effect of “what the living fuck are you doing? We’re trying to have a holy ceremony here.”  I tried to put on a righteous indignation despite the fact that I was standing on a pole in a parking lot wearing a priest collar, boxer shorts, one sock and ridiculous hair.  He brought his horse back up to me, shoved his mitt in my face and with a finger extended, told me we were blocking traffic.

Now it must’ve been the divine inspiration that cooled my jets because cop interaction is no longer one of my strong points. I guess the motivation to finish this ceremony (and to see the show) overrode all my “cops are all evil” notions, and I asked him what we needed to do to continue this.  He pointed his finger in my face again with an extreme look of hate and told me that if I didn’t get down off this pole in 10 seconds, I was going to jail.  ThommyB and his boy, Potato, were quick to come to my side and pull me down before things got ugly. 

GET 'N JIGGY!

So we moved 20 feet away and I stood on a jersey wall.  How fitting for this type of ceremony.  We lost some of the crowd during the pandemonium, but we recovered and Kelly continued her story which I couldn’t fucking tell you one word of because that’s when the fuming over the cops began.  I was also busy gyrating to the back of her head.  By the time she was done though, I had focused back on the wedding.

 

 

I explained that their love was to be symbolized by a pair of “Love” handcuffs that I placed on both of their wrists.  And I announced:

No longer 2, but rather 1, may you now grope, hump and deep throat kiss each other for the amusement of us all.

 

TRAPPED FOR LIFE NOW SUCKAS!  

(I’m not sure I saw any humping, but I’m sure I saw a tittie squeeze somewhere in there. Way to go Mike!)

And finally, before I dismiss the happy couple into the playground that awaits, it is my great pleasure to announce the wonderful tradition of the placing of the bride’s panties upon the Reverend Slim Shady’s head.

With great difficulty, the handcuffed bride and groom managed to slide off the delicious pair of  silky black panties and place them on my head.   They smelled delicious!

 

BEING PANTIFIED

It was then that I announced that it was only fair that I return the favor, so I turned around and whipped off my boxers, revealing my stars and stripes g-string thong.  I had earlier placed my missing sock up into it and had it hanging half way out.  I ripped the sock out in embarrassment (and evidently the sock isn’t the only thing that came out as evidenced by the 4-some who announced to me and my sister the next weekend in shoreline that “We saw your dick in Vegas man!!!”). 

At this point I announced the official union of the two and sent them into the crowd to receive dry humps and kisses from the crowd.

 

             

  I’m not sure what happened here as I caught the eye of the idiot cop and decided I better get my clothes back on before I’m someone’s girlfriend in a g-string. 

     IT WAS UNANIMOUS, “THIS GUY IS AN ASS!”

 

EWW! MY HAND IS NOW FOULED

With the ceremony over, we paused for some pictures and then got a bit of revenge.  The idiot cop who spent his afternoon disrupting our wedding was now bending over and picking up a huge pile of shit from his horse.  Love and Justice served up in the same afternoon.  All in all, a normal day’s work when the combination of Phish and Vegas are experienced.  – the Rev.

  - Colfax  

Editor's Note: This is truly one of my favorite stories, but another witness wasn't as amused as I was.  


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