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MY FURRY TALES--STORIES FROM 20 YEARS IN THE FUR! #2
16 years ago
Notes by a white lion.
Most of you will have seen an episode or two of "America's Funniest Home Videos". Well, unfortunately not every funny happening gets video taped. However, since I was there I can tell you exactly what happened this one early summer day.
While I was working at the company in San Diego county one of our special events salespeople was getting married. Both she and her husband-to-be were "country" types who liked country music, line dancing and the like. It was decided to have a country-style wedding and reception at a rustic lodge in the local north county mountains.
Knowing of my extensive stuffed-animal collection which included some "cowboy" and "cowgirl" dressed bears, I was asked to lend them for the reception table as theme decor. This I was happy to do. In addition to that bear "donation", I was also asked to come as "Moomie", my cow character to the reception. After all it WAS a country wedding!
The reception was fairly large with many families with kids attending. I mixed and mingled with both adults and the kids, posed for pictures, played with the kids and just had a ball! Moomie even danced a little on the dance floor as well. I sure wish I had a video of that!
But the topper, the "video" moment was definitely when Moomie...yes Moomie...caught the garter! We were all in a line. I was the only cow. The usual comments were made before the throw. I mooed a couple of times in appropriate places. The garter was thrown. I reached forward with my hooves into the direction of the flying garter. Of course, I couldn't really see all that well with my cow head and all. But fate was with me and the next thing I know is I hear a very loud shout, "The cow caught the garter!"
Then the laughter began. And it grew and rolled like a ocean wave. Everybody, including myself, was completely startled and simply amazed at my heroic feat. I jumped up and down and mooed over and over again!
But in the end I must confess that I'm somewhat disappointed as I'm still, sadly, a single bovine. It didn't take. The tradition holds that as it is for the bride's bouquet toss, so it is the same for the garter toss. That is, the one who catches it, bouquet or garter, is the next to be married. I sure don't remember any exclusions regards cows....
Semper Furry! --Me Furry
While I was working at the company in San Diego county one of our special events salespeople was getting married. Both she and her husband-to-be were "country" types who liked country music, line dancing and the like. It was decided to have a country-style wedding and reception at a rustic lodge in the local north county mountains.
Knowing of my extensive stuffed-animal collection which included some "cowboy" and "cowgirl" dressed bears, I was asked to lend them for the reception table as theme decor. This I was happy to do. In addition to that bear "donation", I was also asked to come as "Moomie", my cow character to the reception. After all it WAS a country wedding!
The reception was fairly large with many families with kids attending. I mixed and mingled with both adults and the kids, posed for pictures, played with the kids and just had a ball! Moomie even danced a little on the dance floor as well. I sure wish I had a video of that!
But the topper, the "video" moment was definitely when Moomie...yes Moomie...caught the garter! We were all in a line. I was the only cow. The usual comments were made before the throw. I mooed a couple of times in appropriate places. The garter was thrown. I reached forward with my hooves into the direction of the flying garter. Of course, I couldn't really see all that well with my cow head and all. But fate was with me and the next thing I know is I hear a very loud shout, "The cow caught the garter!"
Then the laughter began. And it grew and rolled like a ocean wave. Everybody, including myself, was completely startled and simply amazed at my heroic feat. I jumped up and down and mooed over and over again!
But in the end I must confess that I'm somewhat disappointed as I'm still, sadly, a single bovine. It didn't take. The tradition holds that as it is for the bride's bouquet toss, so it is the same for the garter toss. That is, the one who catches it, bouquet or garter, is the next to be married. I sure don't remember any exclusions regards cows....
Semper Furry! --Me Furry
