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.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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! :-)