Honoring me more than I can say, my sister and her fiance asked me to perform their wedding ceremony next month. Luckily, I think they're really good together, so I was happy to say yes. Like a million other people, I'm a "Reverend" with that church that will ordain anybody, and in Florida that's enough to marry people. But I wanted to make sure this shit's legit, so a few weeks ago I sent off a money order and the downloaded forms needed to become a registered notary.
Now, their wedding is going to be tasteful (from what I understand). But it strikes me that I could do so much more in the four years my appointment as notary lasts.
I keep picturing a tv advertisement, like one for a local car dealership. The camera pans in on me in a black guayabera shirt and dickies, standing among the flowers at Maclay Gardens. I smile brightly and say, in my broadest southern accent,
Getting hitched? Need a no questions asked ceremony? Want to be able to move the party to the maternity ward at a moments' notice? Been turned down by preachers unwilling to make the hike out to your his n' hers deer stands? On a budget but looking for a little class?
Look no further! I am your one stop ball'n'chain shop. No suits? No shoes? No problem! Spent all your dough on camo brides' maids dresses? Worried that the keg will tap out before your friends do? For just a case of beer and a rack of ribs, I will bind you unto eternity.
(Fast voiceover: No actual guarantees made on length of marriage.)
Always dreamed of walking down that aisle to the sweet sounds of Carrie Underwood? Guns n' Roses? Insane Clown Posse? The theme from Rocky? You provide the music, and I promise not to laugh.
The camera pulls back and I'm lit by the setting sun, my shaved red hair a glow around my head, septum ring shining.
(Deep bass voiceover: For when you really, truly have to get married before the baby comes.)
8 comments:
I shouldn't been wearing white and you cain't afford no ring?
Come on! Let's do this thing as a mother-son biz. I want to get in on it!
The scary thing is, there's a market for it.
The scary thing? Or the incredibly awesome thing?
Sadly, state law only allows you to charge $20 to do a wedding, so we'd have to find some other way to bring in the dough.
Uh- goods for service?
I've never gotten a penny for doing a wedding but have received one or two nice gifts.
Can the nice gift be my rent payment? hahaha
Hmmm. My entrepreneural spirit says to change that to "renewal of vows" ceremonies which would circumvent the state law limit of $20 and also snatch up the Boomer crowd with the bucks to pay for it. Sounds to me like you could offer a ceremony at the deer stands that I might pay $500 for!! ;)
Sadly, if I notarize anything, I can only charge $10. Unless it's a wedding, for which I can charge up to $20. Now, if someone just wants to to come lead in at their ceremony without being official, I can charge whatever I damn well please.
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