tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post647867648754373581..comments2024-03-22T21:30:12.908-04:00Comments on Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!: Manic Monday Triple Overtime--So What Happens When Hal Jordan Gets Married?snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-8374071426997706942015-12-13T23:19:14.146-05:002015-12-13T23:19:14.146-05:00The whole poem as I learned it went:
Married in W... <br />The whole poem as I learned it went:<br /><br />Married in White <br />You have chosen aright.<br />Married in Blue <br />Your love will be true.<br />Married in Pink <br />Your fortunes will sink.<br />Married in Green <br />You will not long be seen.<br />Married in Red <br />You'll wish you were dead.<br />Married in Yellow <br />Ashamed of the fellow.<br />Married in Brown <br />You'll live out of town.<br />Married in Grey <br />You'll live far away.<br />Married in Black <br />You'll wish yourself back.<br /><br />That makes it sound as though the only safe wedding dresses are white and blue ones! However, I have heard that white was considered the color of mourning and not worn on happy occasions, until Queen Victoria wore a white dress for her own wedding. So that rhyme is not as old as it sounds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-71907381827493687352015-12-07T13:01:12.898-05:002015-12-07T13:01:12.898-05:00Etrigan once said (and if you can't trust a rh...Etrigan once said (and if you can't trust a rhyming demon, who can you trust?) that he'd usually go with "whore binge". (And, really, "married in orange, go on a whore binge" really isn't much worse than some of those others...)Green Luthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808312988625889127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-75425879968887216172015-12-07T10:18:52.366-05:002015-12-07T10:18:52.366-05:00"Married in orange, honeymoon at the Blorenge..."Married in orange, honeymoon at the Blorenge...it's a mountain in Wales...well, I don't care HOW expensive a trip to Wales is, you HAVE to go there because it's the only place that rhymes!"Erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083091864939104540noreply@blogger.com