Monday, April 02, 2007

Is it possible to access the internet from the past?

Several of the venues I've investigated for our wedding have committed the heinous, yet curious crime of posting pictures that really should not have seen the light of day after 1985. Seeing as how the internet tubes were only connected to private homes in the mid-90s, this leaves me with the uncomfortable realization that someone not only intentionally kept these godawful pictures but proceeded to digitize and display them for the purpose of promoting their business.

It doesn't help that the majority of offenders are venues in California's Inland Empire, lovingly referred to as "the 909" even after they changed most of the area codes. Redneck is a state of mind, not just a telephone number, people. Stereotypes exist for a reason, and here's the photographic evidence, brought to you today by the Edwards Mansion. This house appears to be a beautiful Victorian-era mansion that has been mercilessly abused through unabashed installations of endless white garden lattice, gobs of tulle, and featureless stone cherubs that are meant to evoke Ye Olde Englande but instead remind you that there's a cut-rate landscaping store just down the street that was obviously having a sale on poorly formed molded concrete babies.

It's body-double time! Ready? Exhibit A:


Exhibit B:




For their next crime against humanity, the Edwards Mansion has chosen to continue the theme of "Perhaps You Have Glaucoma." Really, if you're going to sell me on the beauty of your site, wipe the vaseline off your camera lens.

I'd like to close this post out with possibly the worst wedding decorations I've ever seen. Ever. I don't even have anything clever to say about this. I just hope the marriage didn't last long enough to produce children who would have to go through life knowing they were the product of this sad mess.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The poodle makes a beautiful bride.
Mom R

erica said...

Your mom is so wise.

I like "Perhaps you have glaucoma". You guys should run with that. You know nobody else is going to use that as their theme. Or, you could go with "Slug Attack!". Well, in the Northwest you can.

Fountain of Filth said...

Yeah, the IE can be a bizarre place.

Love your sense of humor, btw. :)