Posted on 09/08/2013 3:59:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
How do you bring an alligator hunter to tears? Drop down on one knee and ask her, "Will you marry me?"
Jimmy Greer of Madison proposed to Elizabeth Ratcliffe of Canton during preparations for her family's annual alligator hunt. Titan, their dog, helped. Around Titan's neck was a sign reading, "Will You Marry My Daddy?"
"I started crying. I was shocked," Ratcliffe told The Clarion-Ledger.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.com ...
Ahhhh.....this is what passes for news in Seattle. They must have got tired of running the story about the local boy trying to mate with a salmon.
Choot ‘em!
Most likely the reporter was surprised to learn heterosexual marriage still occurs. Out in the sophisticated Northwest heterocouples usually just shack up. It’s the gay folks doing all the marrying.
Throw in a hunting trip and the fact that both the bride and the groom not only know their parents, but get along with them and wanted them to be part of their wedding proposal... well, how very 19th century... next thing you know those rebels will be trying to redefine marriage as between a man and a woman. Silly rednecks.
Just trying to keep the local intellectual snobs up to date on quaint local customs in a foreign country.
I thought there was something fishy about that.
I love that guy!
Mazel Tov to the Happy Trio! (I am sure the Doggie is part of the Bargain!)
Congratulations to the happy couple and their dog!
Hey now! We ain’t all that snobbish down in Mississippi... An them local customs up there in Seattle ain’t all that quaint either.
The dawg has to have duties at the ceremony... It’s only right...
Obligatory statement by the best man, err... best friend.
They’ve got their work cut out for them. Over the weekend their team broke the weight record AGAIN. New record is 741 pounds. Official length is 13’6.5” tying the previous champ. That’s four 700+ lb. alligators in a 10-day period.
Forget those tacky Syfy monster movies. We got the real thing right here in the Magnolia State!
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