Watch as I get all Andy Rooney on someone

[gfrancie]

Every so often I run across something on the internet that just makes me go, "Damn folk are stupid!" I know I shouldn't be surprised but I can still think that. I saw someone's website that referred to Port Townsend (the town I grew up in) as a township.


Now here is a typical definition of township:
A subdivision of a county in most northeast and Midwest U.S. states, having the status of a unit of local government with varying governmental powers. or The district or territory of a town, In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county

Yes the town is small but it is defined as a city (which is laughable but stick with me) and is the county seat of Jefferson County so obviously it isn't exactly subordinate to the county.

God bless stupidity. The website was for someone's wedding and they were offering suggestion to the guests on how to entertain themselves. One suggestion was to visit the "quaint townships of Poulsbo and Port Townsend". Again amusing because the "townships" are in two different counties separated by water/bridge and about 40 minutes worth of distance.
Yeah.


Okay so the loose guest list we have come up with is pushing 200. This is proving to be a bit of a bitch when asking around for reception sites in Port Townsend.
If Luxembourg could host a garden party for its population, then why can't the ass-faces in Port Townsend find space for every person Mr. Jenner and I are acquainted with?
I had a moment of insanity where I thought about inviting every person on LJ. But then I regained my brain

Comments

[lightprincess89.livejournal.com]

Yeah...mom and I have been coming up with a list of people....um and it's not that long, but I think you have seen it already.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

oh goodness...this ought to be interesting.

[bovril.livejournal.com]

As I recall from my own wedding. For those nearby, be careful with invites for they will all come. For those who must travel many hours, you can throw out invites like autumn leaves because of the formidable barrier.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I don't know....
People are kind of crazy and I think they want to see a spectacle. Maybe just maybe I will offer bread and circuses.

[yansa.livejournal.com]

The Quaint Shire of Vancouver
The Quaint County of Aberdeen
The Quaint State of Tacoma
The Quaint Republic of Cathlamet
The Quaint U.N. Trusteeship of Anacortes
The Quaint Treaty-Established Free-Trade Zones of Fife and Issaquah

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

*snorts*
The quaint hamlet of Boring, Oregon.

[kirinqueen.livejournal.com]

They probably just thought the word "township" sounded better with "quaint" than "city," not realizing that it's an actual legal designation. People are stupid.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Yeah but they could have said, "town". Which would be accurate.
I suspect people think that anyplace that has a population of less then 15,000 must be incapable of handling their own governing.

[photosexual.livejournal.com]

The quaint (and unexplained, but we think it may have been ooze from Fremont) existence of Ballard, Wa.

You'd make a fine Andy Rooney, but you gotta totally rogaine the eyebrows and then style them with a weedwhacker and a mixer.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I don't think I could put that much effort into my eyebrows.

[mckenzee.livejournal.com]

When I was in junior high school, my family moved to a "village". The five of us pushed it over the population limit, so it became a town named The Village of Alamance.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

hilarious. heh

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I am doing the wedding for under 6k. My Mother is making my dress, I am not doing a sit-down dinner and I know people who will do things at cost for me.
Network, network, network.
I am also not making my bridesmaids wear matching dresses.

[the-sybil.livejournal.com]

We did pretty much the same, for a similar cost. It was wonderful because so much of our wedding was put together with so much personal love and attention.
Re: venue - a local pub/hotel put up a marquee on their lawn, and we used that (wlthough it wasn't put up just for us which cut the cost). Any chance of persuading somewhere local to do likewise?
Or, if you have a patch of land big enough, hire the marquee and get in caterers.
Needs to be a summer wedding, of course.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Oh you are giving me many ideas.

[freudian-slip.livejournal.com]

doing a wedding for under 6k is tough. we did it but we had no choice. it will be even harder for you.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Mr. Raymond Forbes I highly doubt it will be hard.
My wedding dress will probably end up being under 500 bucks. That alone will help.
I am going to create a wedding that Martha Stewart would envy, without going broke.
Just watch!

[anonamys.livejournal.com]

The biggest expense by far is the food/drink. If you are not doing a full dinner, it's not so hard to keep the wedding cheap. (But if you plan to do even a buffet dinner, you'll be hard pressed to get it for less than $20/head, though maybe Port Townsend is really that much cheaper.) All of the small expenses also add up *very* fast. My dress was free for me, our wedding has 75 guests, our photographer cheap, and it was definitely not easy to keep it under $6k.

Oh, and at least in the NE, townships are not necessarily dinky. Seriously. I know it's a legal designation that is not fitting, but I wouldn't take offense.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I think it helps that it won't be in Seattle. I figure doing many things local will cut down on the whole "traveling fee" that is added for things.

[robiewankenobie.livejournal.com]

my mother had a fabulous solution. we picked a number and then gave each parent group a number and let them compile their own list. it cut down on the infighting. we did get slightly crazy with the list, but since it was february in michigan we could be generous and know that most people weren't crazy enough to want to brave the cold.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Nothing like getting married in the middle of winter to keep certain people away. heh
We are getting married in the Fall so some will come and others will say, "You want me to travel all the way to freaking Port Townsend just to see you in a pretty dress?"
Yeah so that is that.

[robiewankenobie.livejournal.com]

such a trip is a small price to pay to see you married. i mean, how often does that happen? it's a special opportunity you're offering them...

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

It only happens twice a year...oh wait that is a white sale. I always get the two mixed up.

[robiewankenobie.livejournal.com]

oh, and we had it later in the evening so that people would eat beforehand (on the invites we put desert reception to follow). we had a pastry shop create all sorts of exciting things and just had a cake topper for the sake of symbolism. 'cause most people would take a torte over a cake...

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

That sounds kind of yummy. My plan is to do a cold buffet. That way there is no worry about trying to keep things warm. Because warm dried out food tastes...dried out.

I figure it will involved some ready-made things, maybe a few things made by my uppity self and some other things in between.
I promise TONS of food, things with meat, things without meat, heck even some vegan options and more things to eat.
I want people to EAT!

[robiewankenobie.livejournal.com]

i'm sure whatever food you come up with will be fabulous. plus, i'd think that the kind of guests that you'd have would make for a fun party no matter what.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I hope so. Now I just need a lot of valium to make it through.

[robiewankenobie.livejournal.com]

nah. it's just a particularly romantic cocktail party, dear.

[closh2.livejournal.com]

If anyone can do this wedding for under 6k it's you. You can do anything you set your mind to. Is your friend still doing the cake? What will your dress be like? I'm so excited I could just die from it all! :-)