For whom the bell tolls and advice from the stars

Writer: Murray Stewart.

Articles in the For Fact’s Sake columns are – according to Google and the Duck ’n Fiddle’s Explanation of Everything – based in fact. Occasionally though, some names and places have been changed to protect innocent people involved.

Wedding Rituals

We’ve only just begun… to l-i-v-e... White lace and promises… etc. Here’s a bit of trivia for Pub Quiz enthusiasts: this hit by the Carpenters was originally composed by Paul Williams as a jingle for a bank’s TV commercial, aimed at newly-weds as potential clients.

Anyway, most of us are familiar with ‘Western-styled’ weddings where guests gets dressed up to the nines, and watch dewy-eyed as the bride and groom glibly recite vows to honour and obey each other through thick and thin, come hell or high water, till death doth them part, etc.

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