Laughing during a wedding

[Tenbatsuzen]

I wonder if anyone has stories about laughing hysterically during inappropriate times during a wedding or other "sacred" event.

Yesterday I was at a wedding and the first issue is that the priest sounded like Joe Franklin with pneumonia, so I was quietly mocking him in my head.

The next issue came when the priest asked us to raise one hand, for what, I don't know, I guess to pass good vibes onto the bride and groom.

The dude in front of me raised his hand slightly, and then the girl he came with pushed his elbow out to a full extension. He then clicked into a full Nazi salute, complete with heel click and hand behind the back.

I started chuckling and breaking into a full laugh and so did my wife, where I had to duck into a praying position (head down, eyes at the floor) so I wouldn't start cackling. Liz is elbowing me in the ribs the whole time.

There's always something inappropriate at a wedding, I guess.

[SatCam]

how about at a funeral?

[KingGeno]

When I was in high school, my varsity football coach died. The whole team went to the funeral, and I ended up falling asleep a couple of times during the thing. Lot of other players were pissed at me, and I just took at as a free day off from school.

[stronger129]

Okay, first, I started laughing at a funeral..it was sad, a young friend of mine, and a family friend got up and started singing, like opera, and I had ZERO control over myself.. I thought my mother was going to kill me.. then someone behind me started laughing..it was awful..like puking on stand by me.. then at my own wedding.. as soon as the vow's started and I saw tears in my husbands eyes.. I couldnt control my laughter.. I was laughing so hard.. I have nervous laughter.. I hate me

[WampusCrandle]

there was only one jewish kid in my town and he had everyone from our 8th grade class go to his bar mitzvah. i had never been to one before, so when i heard the kid reciting from some scripture, my friends and i were balling and couldnt stop laughing. it was awful. and, at some point, he was lighting candles for some tradition, and with each one he said something corny, though he thought it was profound, and then a certain person would come up. well, the 16th candle he talked about some, and no one came up. then he hissed, "my friends" and then no one came up. so, all the kids from our class crept up to the big cake and helped him light the candle . . . it was really sad. i remember having to invite everyone from my 2nd grade class and thinking i hate this kid and that kid, but they have to come because it's a 2nd grade bday party. it was the same kind of thing at this bar mitzvah.

[WampusCrandle]

how about at a funeral?

i love to laugh at funerals . . . keeps death guessing

[Heather 8]

8, his sister's boyfriend and I did an ode to MST3K during a wedding a couple months ago (not loud enough to be overheard, just to amuse ourselves). No real excuses for it, other than we couldn't stand the bride (she was just awful to 8's sister, who was a bridesmaid, and bitched that the maid of honor's miscarriage just weeks prior "ruined everything and I'll never forgive her."). I was also days away from giving birth (had been in the hospital earlier that day for a follow-up to a preterm labor episode) and in a rotten mood to start with.

We snarked endlessly, but had uncontrollable laughter when an airplane went overhead (it was a beach wedding) with an advertisement that said "Feeling Spineless?"

"Hey Pete! It's a sign! RUN!"

The capper was when two very attractive girls in bikinis walked by. I think 8 & Alan were ready to drag Pete off mid-ceremony to hand him over to them.

[Thebazile78]

No, sorry, the priest was more like Peter Cook in The Princess Bride:

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And the only reason I was elbowing Matty was because the two of us would've busted out laughing if I hadn't. Because we were both thinking the same thing:

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[SatCam]

there was only one jewish kid in my town and he had everyone from our 8th grade class go to his bar mitzvah. i had never been to one before, so when i heard the kid reciting from some scripture, my friends and i were balling and couldnt stop laughing. it was awful. and, at some point, he was lighting candles for some tradition, and with each one he said something corny, though he thought it was profound, and then a certain person would come up. well, the 16th candle he talked about some, and no one came up. then he hissed, "my friends" and then no one came up. so, all the kids from our class crept up to the big cake and helped him light the candle . . . it was really sad. i remember having to invite everyone from my 2nd grade class and thinking i hate this kid and that kid, but they have to come because it's a 2nd grade bday party. it was the same kind of thing at this bar mitzvah.

yea me and my friends laughed at another friend's bar mitzvah. you're 13 and you dont know what else to do. then before you walk into the place they have a bowl full of yarmukles and we look at eachother and say............. are we suppose to wear these??

[IrishAlkey]

During Jeff and Missy's wedding, when they brought out that cake for his aunt's like 93rd birthday...

Then Jeff's mom walked HIM down the aisle...

Jeff's aunt in the limo asking if we were going to Wendy's...

Oh, man...

STOP CRANK CALLING OUR HOTEL ROOM!

[Tenbatsuzen]

I was actually thinking this:

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[HBox]

I couldn't stop laughing at this wedding.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/12/article-0-01EDDC7C00000578-460_468x701.jpg

[WampusCrandle]

yea me and my friends laughed at another friend's bar mitzvah. you're 13 and you dont know what else to do. then before you walk into the place they have a bowl full of yarmukles and we look at eachother and say............. are we suppose to wear these??

at the end of the night, my best friend was going to sleep over at my house, and my mom came late. so, its 1 am, at a temple's parking lot, all by ourselves. the only thing that kept us busy was the fact that we took a box of yamakas and threw them like frisbees at each other. fun night

[Tenbatsuzen]

I couldn't stop laughing at this wedding.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/12/article-0-01EDDC7C00000578-460_468x701.jpg

http://www.antiwar.com/photos/perm/The+Face+of+War.jpg

[SatCam]

at the end of the night, my best friend was going to sleep over at my house, and my mom came late. so, its 1 am, at a temple's parking lot, all by ourselves. the only thing that kept us busy was the fact that we took a box of yamakas and threw them like frisbees at each other. fun night

that night ended with me in the bathroom throwing up from the disgusting amount of food available for consumption at the reception hall

[WampusCrandle]

that night ended with me in the bathroom throwing up from the disgusting amount of food available for consumption at the reception hall

nice. and the best part of my night was that, since he invited the ENTIRE class, there were obvious tensions between some of the kids and a fight actually broke out. now that i think about it, it was an awesome night.

[underdog]

I was laughing during my own wedding. And when the person was reading the vows or whatever, I whispered to my wife, "nice boobs", which made the justice laugh.

[FezsAssistant]

I was at a wedding 3 weeks ago. During the bridesmaid speech, she mentioned that the bride 'has dated a lot of guys'. The guy sitting next to me and I were giggling like children.
People were staring at us.
I'm 31, btw.

[badorties]

during my wedding, the celebrant called me by the wrong name ... i replied "who's rick" and my wife lost it

a little while later the celebrant brought up some of the things that made us fall in love with each other, and noted how much my wife appreciated my always giving change or buck to panhandlers ... my father-in-law then asked for a few buck to help pay for the spread, i turned, patted my pants down and told him i'd have to get back to him

as the celebrant went on (and on) about the beauty and wonders of the sun and the ring, my wife 94 year old grandmother asked 'what the hell is she going on about'

[jauble]

I laughed when at my friends wedding when they introduced Dr. and Mrs. Porterfield because I have seen him fall down drunk.

[Mullenax]

I did laugh a little at a viewing when the deceased's jailbait ex showed up looking "Fergaliscious". Holy crap, it was funny.

[Hottub]

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Catherine marries some dork from this board.

[jennysmurf]

My Dad and I were at my Aunt's Dad's funeral (we didn't know the guy at all), and some guy was playing horrible organ music in the next room and making everyone miserable. So I lean over to my Dad and say, "Wonder what they'd do if he started playing Roll Out The Barrel?" For some reason, that was the funniest thing either of us had ever heard, and I thought we were going to have to leave. Now I see where my immaturity comes from.

[Legit Bill]

I just got married a little over a month ago and from 1/2 the people we talked to after the fact they say all my wife and I did was smile at each other and start laughing. They said at times when were asked to hold hands we even swayed back and forth and laughed. After hearing this I instantly started thinking about how it would look on the video, but everyone said it made the ceremony better by not coming off as so uptight and serious. The more I thought about it I think they might be right, with all the seriousness surrounding a marriage ceremony with the fancy dresses, tuxes, flowers and a minister etc. I think it gave what should be a formal portion of the night that lively touch.

[Tenbatsuzen]

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Catherine marries some dork from this board.

You think YOU'RE going to laugh? Motherfucker, I'll be incapacitated from laughter.

[underdog]

After hearing this I instantly started thinking about how it would look on the video, but everyone said it made the ceremony better by not coming off as so uptight and serious.

Our wedding DVD is hilarious to us and our friends, but one of the girls in my wife's party showed the video to her father and he was outraged that we acted that way during our wedding. Said it was disgraceful or something like that.

[Sheeplovr]

one time i was at a wedding and the smuck behind me started to laugh when i did the hand raise thing

that made me laugh

[Kevin]

http://www.antiwar.com/photos/perm/The+Face+of+War.jpg

She seemed very happy.

[DarkHippie]

http://www.antiwar.com/photos/perm/The+Face+of+War.jpg

I'm glad Sloth found someone

[Furtherman]

I think I just mentioned this recently, but I always go for the hymnal and point out songs like "Come onto me oh Lord" and "Jesus come" and all those other catholic songs that have double entrende names. I've made friends leave the church they're laughing so hard.

[Freitag]

She seemed very happy.

As I mentioned in the "true love" thread, you were right - they separated a year later.

[Bellyfullasnot]

how about at a funeral?
My wife and I had to attend the funeral for a family friend and had to bring my then 2 y/o son. Everything was ok until the priest started ringing the bell during mass and my son yelled as loud as he could "who is it?" A few people laughed and my wife turned red.

[DarkHippie]

As I mentioned in the "true love" thread, you were right - they separated a year later.

how did she even consumate the marriage?

[Heather 8]

how did she even consumate the marriage?

"No, it's not a myth! Now help me cut holes in all these sheets!"

[FUNKMAN]

in high school me and 3 classmates were in the principals office getting a scolding by Sister Sylvina... only thing is every time she said something we couldn't help but burst out laughing(like the two coaches in Porky's)... no matter what she said we just looked at her and each other and busted out laughing

after a good 20 minutes of "what's wrong with you boys " she gave up and let us go

[weslank]

no but i did belch at one