"To your genitalia. May they never fail ya." The rest of the story
Let me fill you guys in on a little story about this “toast” and how it almost ended and my life and marriage to Yvette one blustery Saturday afternoon in June.……….
We all make mistakes in life and this is the tale of a blunder of biblical proportions, fire and brimstone and plagues of locust.
Let me take you back, back to a time of joy and happiness to a land far, far away to the great state of Texas. Close your eyes and imagine the girl of my dreams Yvette Erdman had just said “yes” to my proposal of marriage! Oh, happy joy, joy I was floating on clouds for days. All that was left was to set a date and the plan the wedding and my life would be full of joy and rapture.
One of my good friends offered the backyard of his mansion to hold the sacred event and promised flocks of doves and blue skies and rainbows overhead for the momentous occasion.
My bride to be called in the most beautiful bridesmaids from across the country and dressed them in the finest silks and satin that could be had. A wedding cake that towered into the clouds was ordered so that all who attended could feast and share in our love.
Finally the time came for me to call on the strongest, bravest most rugged men in the land to stand by my side and bask in my hour of glory as I took the hand of my one true love. From these, I was to choose one who would lead them all, the “BEST MAN”.
I pondered day and night making sure that the one with the heart most pure would guide and advise us all to the culmination of my lifetime search for love. My choice finally came in a light from the heavens!
Dr. Tim, who had been schooled in the arts of love and medicine, trained in the language of kings and with the skill of speech rivaled by none. Yes! Tim was my choice.
Time quickly passed and the day of betrothal was finally here. The bride was sequestered to her chambers for me not to lay eyes upon until the moment before the holy joining. My men and I moved up to the tower to don our black wedding attire and make our final preparations to stun that multitude that was now gathering on the lawn below. We were finally ready! The best man (Dr. Tim) shouted there is on last thing we must do before we reach our final endeavor, wait here and I’ll return shortly he exclaimed and left our quarters in a flash.
The moment he left the father of the bride entered the room to look upon us and give his final blessing and convey to us how precious a gift he was about to surrender and how I should protect and cherish it the rest of my life.
Well, as I said one makes mistakes in his or her lifetime and mine was about to walk back through the door. Yep! My best man Dr. Tim. walks in with a magnum of Champagne and crystal champagne flutes in hand to propose a toast. But first a short story must be told of Tim’s wedding night, unbeknown to Tim was the bride’s father standing in the corner as he poured champagne for all.
Speedy!…..Tim’s story began “When I got married I nailed my wife 5 times on our wedding night and she was sooooo sore the next day she could barely move, but she could not wipe the smile off her face that I had put there from my love making prowess and study of the art of Kama Sutra”. Well I could he the blood beginning boil in Yvette’s fathers eyes and looking at me like don’t you even think about that you sorry bastard. But Tim did not stop there he called for all to raise the glasses of champagne high into the air for a toast and with this Tim exclaimed in a voice that could be heard across the land “Speedy, May your genitalia never fail ya”. Holy cow! I could feel the daggers sticking me in the back coming from Yvette’s dad as we made our way down to the wedding ceremonies. As I stood at the alter and the wedding march played my bride was being escorted by my new father-in-law to be and who now had the power to deny his daughters hand to mine.
Well I guess he saw something good in me and gave her away and we are now good friends. I still love Dr. Tim and can look at that day as one of the best days of my life and have a story to go with it! Tim and I have quite a few road stories that go with our shooting over the years, but we will leave those for another day…… Right buddy!
The Wedding PIC