Wedding

The Idea: Spontaneous recital of the ritual.

The Motive: To make weddings less barbaric.

The Story: In Manhattan, last week a man & a women were being married. Came that part of the ceremony where the principals customarily repeat what the cleric dictates. Said James (with no word from the cleric): "I James take thee Sophie to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight my troth." Cried Sophie (with no word from the cleric): "I Sophie take thee James, etc., etc." The onlookers were agreeably shocked.