I'm sorry I didn't get to this earlier. Especially as I roared my way through it. Great work, Hauke! Witty, great observation, classic characters and sparkling dialog mark it out as an instant fav.
I'm gobsmacked there's no comments yet for such a great bit of work. Shame on the rest of us.

Thanks so much for the mention in your journal, that's nice of you. I think this story fell through the cracks, with FA's recent recurring down time.

I'm really sorry I missed this! I haven't had time to check the old journal post in a couple of days, damn too because I was keeping a vigilant eye the rest of the week! So thank Metassus for bringing it to my attention!

Like holy cow wow! You did a great job on this, I took a little bit to get into it, but I think by the time you mentioned the mother of the bride as an old biddie I was hooked.

Very lively characters! Great dialogue! I really enjoyed this piece. It was so funny and entertaining. I love the badger's inner monologue, it just cracked me up.

Excellent work!

I thought about calling the mother of the bride something worse, but I think that would have made Alex a bit meaner than he really is..

Yeah... I could see how that would be a bit much. But still very dynamic, I love this piece :D

Haha, wow! You've taken a completely different angle on this one. :D I think 'different' was really appreciated for that last prompt.

And you can thank Metassus, too. I think I passed this by somehow before he posted about it.

I'll admit, I was kind of bummed when two days went by and almost nobody said anything about it..so thanks again,  Metassus! And thank you for the kind words.

HAH! That was quite an original story! I particularly like how you drew out the characters! Poor John... at least he made a good story! ;P

I'm glad you liked it, thank you very much for the favorite.

I absolutely loved it... masterful is what I'm thinking. When we were all pushing the blues button... you managed to play Dixieland.

*hugs...

V.

I should try humor more often, but I don't want to force it. And thanks for marking it as a favorite!

I like the humor here, and the characters... >^_^<

That means a lot, coming from you! Thanks!

*wanders out of the stacks* Good grief I'm behind:P Heard your review from metassus before I got to this because I'm not as far behind reading journals as I am reading/viewing submissions *sigh* I swear I would have got to it eventually anyway *grin*

Such an interesting story and I like the way you introduced it to us. A nice guide for the tour into the past.

I'm pleased it's still getting attention..after a story's week has passed, I don't think it sees much action. :>

Great little piece. I was very amused when reading and the ending of the anecdote made me laugh out loud. The groom, flying away, the photographer, digging into ground. There is a certain balance there, isn't it? Very funny little story, I enjoyed reading this.

It actually made you laugh out loud? That makes my day!

*chuckles* I'm in yer gallery, raidin' fer faves... Heh.

Poor Vulture groom! Pity he wasn't able to get away from that pack of obnoxious Rheas... Royal "we", my scaly tail! No-one's earned the right to that particularly odd tense of language for centuries, in my not-so-humble opinion! *giggle* This would be really fun to draw as a short comic, actually.

*thumps the ground with HIS scaly tail.* Darn right.

And if you'd like to sketch this out as a comic, please be my guest!

Ooh, could be a fun something to work on between projects! Rawr!