If only your daughter was this thrifty, eh?
Vanessa Randall, who lives in Wayne, Maine (and hey, that's just fun to say), started to make her prom dress three years ago. But not from duct tape, as so many others have done, oh, no, that's passé. Vanessa used gum wrappers. Seriously.
Okay, okay, the wrappers were sewn onto a layer of duct tape, so once again that ubiquitous material surfaces, but it was still a pretty nifty idea. There's a picture of Vanessa just to the right, there. I wonder if she needed deodorant? Wouldn't she already smell all minty fresh and wintergreeny?
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TOP TEN SIGNS YOU PICKED THE WRONG DATE FOR PROM
10. You have to leave early because his Dad needs the ice cream truck back.
9. She stuffed Kleenex® into her bra but didn't take them out of the box first.
8. Tinting the windows of the family station wagon does *not* make it a limo.
7. Her dress was strapless. She wore the corsage, anyway. Pinned to her skin.
6. You hear him boast, "My grandfather was buried in this tux."
5. Your Mom says you look like a fairy tale couple. Your friends say it's "Beauty and the Beast."
4. His boutonnière is a sprig of parsley from the baked potato he had at the restaurant.
3. When the chaperones aren't looking, he spikes the punch ... with more punch.
2. You hear the principal ask your date, "Mary, didn't you graduate more than thirty years ago?"
AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU PICKED THE WRONG DATE FOR PROM?
1. Three words: Darth Maul makeup.
[with thanks to David Letterman's staff and their Top Ten List; family-friendly edits and additional material by Mark Raymond]
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For most of us in the States, this is a three-day weekend and the unofficial start of summer. Gosh, it's been so cool and cloudy this May, that'll be a relief! Hey, I'll see you on Monday.
Mark
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WEB SITE of the WEEK: According to the folks at Creative Commons, What's Next and Future Shock, we are in the midst of a century of incredibly rapid cultural and technological change where much of what we know will be extinct and out-of-use by 2050. Check out the timeline at http://pradt.net/imgs/book/grand/extinctiontimeline.jpg. There's a disclaimer that says "not to be taken too seriously" but it's still fun to look at some of the items. My own prediction is that watches and televisions will be the next pieces of tech to go belly up or morph into something else.
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WORDS for YOUR WEEKEND: "Never judge a book by its movie." (J.W. Eagan)
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