Melissa Martin: Event Coordinator for the Great Southern Restaurant Group
As a party planner, I hear all kinds of crazy things that are said by our guests. The whole stories might be embarrassing, so I won’t go into all the details. The quotes are harmless and amusing, so in no particular order, this is a sampling of what I overheard last week.
Me: It’s time for the bride to throw her bouquet…
Bridesmaid: Um, but I just got my cake.
With fifty people still at the party, bridesmaid to me: Would it be rude to start packing up our stuff now? I don’t want to be stuck here forever.
A guy walked into a closet instead of the room where his guests were waiting, and came out catatonic because the room was filled with stored Halloween decorations.
Beef satay in hand, the guest asks: I’m a vegetarian. Can I eat this?
Pregnant woman asks bartender: How many drinks am I allowed to have?
Lady: Sweetheart, please get me some more water.
Me (to bartender): I need to get her some more water.
Bartender: Here; use this bottle of vodka—she’s not drinking water.
Roomful of educators couldn’t get their projector to work and called me in. I push the giant button marked: “Power,” fixing the problem. Cheers and laughter ensued.
Preparing the table set up for a male guest, he said to me: Miss, this just won’t work; I could really use six more inches…
When do you know your son’s hair needs a trim? When several people walk up while his back is turned to see if he’s a bridesmaid.
Finally—and I can’t stress this one enough! DO NOT let your friends bring sparklers to a formal dinner party, particularly when you know they drink too much:
Me to pyromaniac: Sir! Please put that out. Sir, put out the sparkler now! No. NO! Don’t throw it in the bushes! Oh no! Help! The bushes are on fire… Here! Hand me those drinks… Whoosh! Whoops, didn’t realize the drinks were straight Scotch. Note to self…
Name the strangest thing you have heard someone say at a party (PG version only, please) and you will enter to win a $25 gift certificate to either the Fish House or Atlas and some sparklers if we can find some.
Until next time,
Melissa
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This is too funny! I heard this story. My friend was invited to a house party in College. He said that everyone was dressed in black leather and acting very mod and cool. He tried to start conversations but people would roll their eyes and act bored. He wondered why they even invited him. He asked for a beer and some random guy said, we only have imported – you wont like it. It was that remark that pushed him over the edge. He noticed the thermostat on the wall. He leaned on the wall and when no one was looking he turned the heat up as far as it would go and left! Haaaa haa
time for the groom to toss the garter; bride in place on the chair, groom kneels down, pushes up her dress, goes for the garter, he reaches up, and up, and up, and finally says “where is it?” “oh…found it!”
I was at a wedding reception and the best man toasted that “the groom is his best both in and out of the locker room”. not sure what he was implying.
I was in my step-sister’s wedding. She and her husband were both virgins saving themselves for marriage, they were both very good athletes in college so this inspired the pastor to center the ceremony around the Nike slogan, “Just do it” meaning to take the commitment of marriage seriously with all of their energy – like they did on the sports field. It was all very innocent. I was laughing on the inside and I kept it together pretty well until… The preacher closed with, Holly and Craig, remember, “Just do each other”. I nearly died laughing it was so funny but because I was standing in the wedding party in front of everyone I couldn’t laugh so I bowed my head in prayer.
Me & two of my other girl friends were at a party. We were all talking to one guy, then one of my girls went over to talk to another guy and started playing with all of his zippers on his jacket and looking in them.
The guy we were talking to was looking at my friend and the zipper guy and said what is she looking for??
My quick witted friend replied: A Husband, duh!
I used to be a bartender. By far and away the best thing I ever saw happened late one Friday night. There was a woman standing at the bar drinking alone and a guy walked over, he seemed very friendly and tried to strike up a conversation. She was offish and rude to him so evetually he gave up but before turning to leave he said “I may not be the best looking man in here, but I’m the only one talking to you.”
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