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Area bride seeks six adorable corgis to rent for her bridesmaids to hold
By adamg on Tue, 12/09/2014 - 10:46pm
Bouquets are just so passe, right? An area bride-to-be is looking for corgis that her bridesmaids can hold during her wedding ceremony instead of wilting flowers. She's already got some, but needs six more:
This next April, I will be getting married to the man of my dreams and we will be having the most wonderful storybook wedding that Boston has ever seen. The icing on the cake is sweet, but there's one thing that would be even sweeter than that. Traditionally, bridesmaids' hold bouquets; in our wedding, I want them to hold corgis.
Unfortunately, I do not have enough corgis for my bridesmaids. I require six more in order to make this dream come true. I'm looking to rent six corgis for roughly two and a half hours during the ceremony. Because this a my dream wedding, price is negotiable and I appreciate your understanding. Please reach out to me if you have six sociable corgis which you would be willing to rent out. These animals would be treated perfectly, and I would love to get us all together to familiarize ourselves with each other.
In addition to pay, I would be happy to also share some cake with you.
Via Jezebel.
Photo of six corgi puppies by Daniel Stockman. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
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Corgi temperament
Corgis are very cute, but do they like being held or carried?
One data point
One that I once knew was OK being held on the lap for short periods, with an attitude sort of like, "Don't give me this lapdog nonsense; I was bred to work for a living, but you're my trusted human, and you're petting me, so I'll go along with whatever it is you think you're accomplishing here..."
Corgis like being held only
Corgis like being held only about as much as kids do -- some love it, some might squirm, some might bite you if you try. I'm not sure if the OP realizes a full-grown Corgi weigh 25-35 pounds and sheds like a hay stack.
Adorable!
Princess Elizabeth hugging a corgi dog. July 1936
Groom needs to start running NOW
Get. Out. Now. Dude.
Seriously...
There's nothing worse that a bride-to-be with ridiculous plans and delusions of how they want "THEIR DAY!!!!!!!" to be. I am eternally thankful that my wife has about as much tolerance for bullshit over complications as I do (read: none).
Uh ...
Why do you think this is all the bride's idea, exactly?
Experience...
I think you know I'm probably not far off here.
This is what happens when your "little princess" grows up
She turns into bridezilla who thinks she is Queen of England.
Not withstanding that the corgis don't stay puppies forever,
They, too, grow up, unless they just want them for rent at the wedding, to give them back later.
Uhub going to the dogs
Adam, the royal couple was in NYC, but running a story on corgis?
Why not a "shelter dog" like President Obama?
President Obama lied yet again about adopting a shelter dog, choosing Sen. Ted Kennedy's elite $3000+ Portuguese Water Dog instead. The tawdry name "Splash" of Kennedy's own dog serves as a final insult to the family of Mary Jo Kopechne. Sen. Kennedy won't be down for breakfast but perhaps six Corgis could be rounded up from the myriad local pounds and shelters. Unlike those frauds Obama and Kennedy, maybe the bride could reach out to our local Corgi Rescue and set a decent example.
Huh, that's interesting
Most folks, when they see a story like this, would react either with "Oh, my God, that's so cute!" or "Oh, my God, that's nuts!" But you, your first thought is of Chappaquiddick. I suppose that would be like me reading a car review and going "Oh, my God, Laura Bush drove a car and she killed a man!" Or reading a story like this and going "Oh, my God, the Bushes had a dog and the Bush girls used fake IDs to get bombed when they were 19!" Or "Oh, my God, Nixon had a dog and he committed treason by negotiating with the North Vietnamese before the '68 election and then he tried subverting the Constitution!"
Whatever gets you up in the morning, I guess.
Oh, that's right, I forgot
Laura Bush killed a guy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hnN5oF-WUc
"What difference does it make
"What difference does it make?"
/waiting for Mark to jump in "the guy wasn't in a crosswalk wearing a neon vest with reflectors and lit up like a Christmas tree"
No, he wasn't
IIRC, he was in another car when Laura ran a stop sign and hit him. He happened to be her ex-boyfriend, but nobody's suggested that that was anything but coincidence.
And it happened long before
she married Bush, and even longer before Bush became president.
I get off topic?
This thread is all over the place!
But, now that I think of it, just how many bridesmaids are there, and how about fluorescent lime green for their dresses - at least then they might have a use afterwards!
Sentinel Mannequins On Duty At MIT In 1977 Bridesmaid Attire
Bridesmaid dresses from my sister's wedding.
Re Adam: Most folks, when they see a story like this....
Sorry Adam, most folks here would also believe that Elizabeth Warren is 1/32nd Cherokee and deserved to "check the box" to gain unfair preference ahead of others. Thankfully, I'm not most folks. I wasn't aware that we were all supposed to respond in lockstep with the responses you hope for. Truthfully, Chappaquiddick was far from my first thought but animal exploitation was. Like so many other issues, Obama talked a great game about adopting a shelter dog. He didn't. Ted Kennedy made sure. Ted's naming of his own dog "Splash" is much more akin to Mike Dukakis naming a dog "Willie Horton" or Deval Patrick naming a cat "Annie Dookhan." If you insist on including, Nixon, the equivalent might be naming his dog "Tapes." Lives matter, even when squandered by the Democrat elite. Back to the Corgis, the bride should adopt like Obama promised but again failed to perform.
http://www.mayflowercorgiclub.org/getting_rescue.php
We need an ignore list ---
or else some way to downvote O-FISH-L's tyoical rubbish into oblivion.
Thanks for mentioning Sen. Warren
I thought you were slipping. But shouldn't there be something about EBT in there?
People like you...
...are the types of people who ruin family get togethers and social gatherings jus tby showing up. I've 86'd people like you from parties and gatherings at my house a.) because I can, and b.) because no one really wants to hang around someone whose entire existance is based upon fishing for conspiracies and then barking at anyone who doesn't want to hear it or dares to disagree with you.
What the hell are you talking about?
How does someone trying to rent dogs for a wedding have anything to do with Barack Obama or Ted Kennedy?
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!1!111one
Everything has to do with Barack Obama and Ted Kennedy and Saul Alinsky.
You can't spell "community
You can't spell "community organizer" without "corgi"
Bravo
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That is one ugly Corgi.
Poor little guy.
The bride is a Corginizer
The bride is a Corginizer
Excellent question.
I like turtles.
I like parrots myself!
:)
You seem to be lost
The Herald is over here.
Oh, O
were you abused as a child? Just wondering. I am very sorry if you were.
NO HE WASN'T!!
HIS DAD WHIPPED HIM WHEN HE NEEDED IT AND HE TURNED OUT JUST FINE!!
I hope
that the bridesmaids are covered in plastic.
Why?
Do you think the PETA demonstrators are going to throw something besides rice?
Poop bags do come to mind
n/t
As a Corgi owner and lover,
As a Corgi owner and lover, Corgis shed like no tomorrow. Double coated and tons of fur.
Corgis are just one of my favorite dog breeds. And yes, they love to be held and petted but dogs, like humans, are individuals with their own personalities. What works for one may not work for all.
I love corgi...
but them being "double coated" with "tons of fur" would be a deal breaker if I was a to be a bridesmaid. My nose would be drooling more than the dog (if they do drool).
This is a ruff topic
Corgis weigh 25-30 pounds, and they're wriggly little shedding drool-monsters. Watching a half-dozen bridesmaids each try to tote one up the aisle like a bouquet of flowers sounds like one of the best opportunities for slapstick in this entire decade.
In other words, I desperately want an invitation to this wedding.
Me too
Desperately
Will this be a movie?
Desperately Seeking Corgis
My Big Fat Corgi Wedding
My Best Friend's Corgi
Six Corgis and a Funeral
Six Corgis and a Funeral
Drool monsters? They don't
Drool monsters? They don't drool!
Dog food at the reception?
Or dog food for reception gifts?
This cannot end well
Think of the possibilities.....
- a couple of the corgis do not get along, and, well, take it from there
- that many dogs, one of them will have to go - and will
- bridesmaid allergic to dogs
- hope the bridesmaids don't have dark dresses - corgis have fur
"Storybook wedding", huh? On what planet?
No no, THE MOST wonderful
No no, THE MOST wonderful storybook wedding IN BOSTON!
THE MOST!
Very True
Hopefully the bride's *storybook wedding* doesn't include dog fights, barking, peeing, pooping, pulling on their leashes, farting, escaping, guest fears of dogs...
Can this be real?
I love Corgis but they're...well, heavier than the average bouquet. A lot heavier. I'm guessing 30-40 lbs at least. If I were a bridesmaid and had already shelled out for the J. Crew chiffon and so on it might be the last straw if I were told I'd have to carry a 30 lb dog around. Involving animals in a wedding, even doves or butterflies is a risky proposition.
May I suggest a teacup puppy?
I think the bridesmaids need to stage an intervention with said bride - soon. Very soon.
The bride also mentions the ceremony is 2 1/2 hours which I am going to assume is just the wedding ceremony? If I am correct, that is a big red flag, on so many levels. Does she actually expect her maids to hold a full grown Corgi, weighing in around at an average of 25-27lb, for that long?! I would also think holding a corgi (definitely not a lap dog) with its muscular longish body type would, in itself, be a bit of a challenge.
If they are cool with it (or maybe she is a bit, ahem, "off" and they just don't want to upset her), they better start working on building their upper arm strength. Now.
Also wondering, instead of her throwing a bouquet, will she be throwing a corgi? (Disclaimer: No Corgi were hurt or hurled upon posting this entry.)
2 1/2 HOURS?????
What the hell are you doing during a TWO AND A HALF HOUR wedding ceremony????? I thought ours was pretty long at 45 minutes.
It's not well worded
It doesn't really say that the ceremony will be 2 1/2 hours -- just that she wants to rent the dogs for 2 1/2 hours (presumably that includes getting the dogs to the site a half hour before the ceremony, a half hour ceremony, a half hour afterwards for receiving line, a half hour for photos and general messing around, and a little slop because these things never go as planned, particularly when large numbers of dogs are involved. Plus, there needs to be time for all the guests to admire the dogs).
Well, she
says for 2 1/2 hours during the ceremony. So, yes, it is not clear how long the ceremony, itself will be, although keeping in line six plus corgi even for a 2 1/2 hour rental would be fascinating to watch.
What will I be doing?
Probably sleeping in the Men's again.
A 40lb corgi is morbidly
A 40lb corgi is morbidly obese. Corgis run from about 24-30 lbs.
I'll always long for the one that got away
This sounds awesome. I wish the Bride and Groom the very best. Sounds like they are dog lovers who already have at last one corgi and wanted to have a fun, not super serious wedding. These are the best type of wedding. With that many dogs, even if everything else goes wrong it will still be a fun day.
Peak Corgi
Peak Corgi
fairytales and stirybooks
I never got this whole "storybook wedding", "fairytale wedding", "wedding of my dreams", "the wedding that must be the absolute most perfect thing ever" thing that seems to be so prevalent in this culture. Are women really brought up to think this way?
I blame Disney princesses
Sadly, yes. Some are, others just gravitate to that fantasyland stuff.
Weddings
I once knew a woman who said "a woman's wedding day is the most important day of her life". I'm not kidding, she actually said it. I asked what would happen if she got divorced and then remarried. Does that mean her second wedding becomes the most important day of her life and the first wedding becomes the second most important day of her life or is it still the other way around? The whole thing gets very complicated. I suggest not putting so much emphasis on the wedding day itself and put all the effort into the marriage for the long haul.
I can picture this turning out
very badly. For one thing, dogs have been known to relieve themselves at unpredictable times.
Prank!?
This has got to be a prank. (If this is refuted conclusively in the Jezabel link, sorry, it's blocked where I am.)
I don't think anyone's going
I don't think anyone's going to score any Original Humanitarian Genius points by noting the issues and drawbacks of equipping your bridesmaids with full-sized Corgis. They're pretty obvious, so you'll only be repeating what someone else just said upthread. I don't think OP suggested adopting a bunch of Corgis for the wedding and then throwing them in a dumpster, so if you can't help her out with a loaner Corgi in the spirit of fun, maybe it's best to just yell "gif or it didn't happen" in the best Internet tradition and be quietly amused.
(to forestall the inevitable: would I loan my Corgi? Hell yeah. I'd want to know more about what was planned, and to introduce this hypothetical Corgi to the bridesmaid in question, but I think it would be a laugh riot, so why not?)
Your hypothetical Corgi might
just have a hypothetical difference of opinion.
My HIGHLY hypothetical Corgi
...might indeed have a difference of opinion, and if so, then hey, you don't get to be a bridesmaid. Or, er, bridesmaid's temporary loaner dog. Whatever. Didn't you ever notice how about 90% of the time, the little kids who get dragooned into being flower girl or ring bearer or whatever cutesy make work gets them into the wedding, are not very chuffed about it? If we're gonna let the Corgis opt out, we should let the little kids opt out too.
True.
Although, one is a human being in miniature.
However, I agree. Weddings can be tough for guests never mind little kids, either within the wedding party or not. But every situation is different; perhaps some kids are excited to participate and behave well.
What are the odds any of this
What are the odds any of this woman's bridesmaids ever speak to her again after this monstrosity she's calling a (dream!) wedding? #MBTA
I think it's a joke. The
I think it's a joke. The "Area bride" must be laughing her but off at the responses of the people who are trying to correct her. I know I am.
Wow, a mind reader?
You should be helping the BPD solve crimes instead of posting on an internet message board.
You're what my mom would call
You're what my mom would call a pill, Scratchie.
That's not what she called me
That's not what she called me last night, neener neener.
Truth is Stranger than Fiction.
Perhaps it is a joke. But it has yet to be cited as such. So let us have some fun!
It's a very sad joke, to boot.
If this really does take place, it'll be an absolute disaster!
Dogs in Weddings
I went to a wedding last summer where the bride and groom wanted their "baby" (adorably sweet pitty girl) to participate as a ring bearer.
I ended up calling her to my side for pats and scritches while four confused groomsmen put a tutu on her and strapped the ring pillow to her back. (I had someone quickly get me a needle and thread so I could resew the straps as a backpack for her broad shoulders while they took her off to pee one last time before the ceremony).
Large groups of people may be a challenge for even the most even-tempered human loving dogs like "Mathilde". Dogs can get random in crowds where their alpha humans are busy elsewhere, they don't know what they are supposed to be doing or how to behave, and people they don't know as well are handling them.
I wish them good luck with the corgimania wedding, but I hope they plan on rehearsals with the dogs and the potential for random accidents. They might be best off having the dogs in the pictures, but not in the ceremony.
Straping a ring pillow on her doggy back is bad enough,
but what was up with the tutu?
(No disrespect to your friend intended)
I blame Disney Part II
Make her into a beautiful doggy princess?
No idea.
And, yes, cue Benny Hill theme song until I told her clearly what to do (SIT!). Four guys in tuxes with a tutu and a satin pillow chasing a 50lb pit bull who had no idea where "mommy" and "daddy" were and there was all this food and best friend humans she had not met yet and the alluring water off the dock over there! Comedy gold, but ....
Oh, the inhumanity of it all..
Quoth the pit bull. Nevermore.
Seriously, kudos to you. I think after the strapping and tutu placing I would of moved towards the exit, via the food buffet.
Hey--it could have been worse.
Ira Glass took his pit bull to a wedding and it bit like three people. That said, his dog sounds like a psycho.
I wish them good luck with
No, they're only renting them for a couple of hours. What's the worst that could happen? (Cue "Benny Hill" theme song.)
I think it's fake
To me it sounds like the makings of an elaborate Jimmy Kimmel viral prank.
On the other hand,
this little guy looks like he is having a swell time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBV9WwHE-eI
(The sneakers are a nice touch).
The question nobody is asking
Six MORE corgis??
Let's say she's got 2 corgis already...that makes EIGHT bridesmaids!? Let me guess...your entire sorority class are all your best friends in the world.
Eight bridesmaids are not normal.
If you have over say, 3
If you have over say, 3 bridesmaids and you're not like 21, you are most likely a horrorshow.
Four isn't that many...
... I've been a bridesmaid in a couple of weddings with four (one was 2 sisters and 2 friends, the other was 4 friends). But that is the limit, if only to get photos taken in under 2 hours.
6 or 8 is too many. I declined the draft into one wedding that ended up with 6 (she asked 9 of us, those who'd been bridesmaids before said, um, NO); it became a horrorshow of fashions on parade (NOT) and drunken fools being carried out.
Full disclosure: I got married in my living room in front of a JP; we used the "wedding" money for relandscaping.
Corgi suggestion
Maybe she should use these:
http://www.squishable.com/pc/squish_corgi_15/fp_squishables/Squishable+C...
As a Corgi owner and lover..
I also belong to a couple of Corgi groups. I can honestly say with love in my heart, that Corgi people are unique and others would probably say crazy.
This couple will have no trouble finding Corgis to be part of their wedding, I would guess. We Corgi people really, really stick together. And, when we see a Corgi on the street!! Forget about it.
Corgi people bond like I am sure other dog breed specific groups do, but I'm telling you, we're really tight.
I lost my Corgi, Buddy a couple of years ago and it broke my heart like nothing else. I have since got a rescue Sato but my next dog will be a Corgi and I mean it. I don't care what what anyone else in the house wants.
Corgis are very unique and almost magical. Get to know one, you'll be surprised.
Ohhhh
So sorry to hear about Buddy. I am a Corgi fan but aside from their adorable looks don't know much about them except they seem to have an independent streak and a sense of humor which are my favorite traits in my own dog.
I also belong to a couple of
And no other dog lovers say that about their favorite breed.
Or car lovers
Or sports team fans
Or manga fans
Or...
A new craigslist Corgi rental request
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/4798136636.html
Looking to rent even more Corgis, Berners cool too (Boston)
compensation: negotiable, and possibly cake; you can cuddle the corgis too.
I'm looking to surround myself with corgis, lots of corgis. No particular reason--I'm not getting married or anything--I just like them. Life's been a bit hard lately and other than heavy drinking or getting lots of prescription meds, neither of which I want to do, this seems like a good antidepressant.
I don't want to hold the corgis, per se. I was thinking of lying on the floor and letting them just run around, cuddle me. I like when they nestle their heart-shapped butts into the nook between my ribs and hip, makes for good cuddles.
I don't have a minimum I need, nor a maximum. More is better.
Pembrokes only, please. The tails on Cardigans tend to get in the way.
I promise the dogs will be well cared for in the cuddle session. I'm considering baking a corgi cake as a bribe. It would be chocolate free and dog friendly. Example picture above.
I already own a dog, a Bernese Mountain Dog, named Mozart. He's a good guy, but seriously depressed. Never wears the corgi smile. The Corgis may be good for his mood, too. I may be open to renting other Berners, providing that they too are not depressed.
At times like this.....
..... I love the Internet more than words could possibly express.
Hmm...
I don't know if Corgi cuddle on cue. I will leave that up to the Corgi owners to answer.
Yes! They do!
Them being Welsh dogs, the real traditionalists train them to cuddle on cue using the Welsh command Llonpwgyllspiffigwyllin!
I have a Welsh friend and have visited Wales :)
This is funny!
Corgis get 100+ posts!
Wow, there's a bet I would have lost.
You know what that means!
UHub is officially going to the dogs!