Time To Grow Up And Get Married
I could bore you all with thrilling tails of BBC Micro programming, mobile phone USSD commands, obscure Mornington Crescent rules - but I won't. I'll tell you a tale of a small, frightened little nerd...

I was about 3 years old and had been asked to be a page boy at my cousins wedding.
I was under strict instruction that my job was to protect the bride! Under no circumstances was she to come to any harm.

Now we all know that 3 year old boys are prone to wander off, to giggle, to start crying for no particular attention. That's just what kids do.

Not me. I stood straight, I didn't make a peep, I discharged my duty admirably. I protected that bride with all my might.

My parents, quite surprised, asked why I had behaved so well.

I pointed at the vicar - he was dressed in black. Head to toe. I pointed and said...

"DARTH VADER!"

Something in my tiny, fragile mind convinced me that this bride - in white - was Princess Leia and this old guy - in black - was the Dark Lord of the Sith himself. I, as a wannabe Jedi, summoned all the powers of The Force to protect her.

Skip forward some 25 years....

~~~~~~~~ <- Wavey Dream Lines to indicate passage of time....

Despite being a grade A nerd. I found a woman who loved me. She loved me no matter how many times I tried to switch her PC to Linux. She loved me even when I bought a TARDIS to hold our DVDs. She loved me when I bought old computers home from work so I could play with them.

I asked her to marry me! She said yes!

She even loved me when I suggested a Sci-Fi themed wedding....

I conquered the fear I felt as a three-year-old.

I got married dressed as Darth Vader.



From L-R
My Mother - Doctor Who
My Father-in-law - Obi Wan (he already had the beard)
My Wife - Jedi
Me - Darth Vader
My Mother-in-law - Professor McGonnagle
My Father - Ming the Merciless
My Brother - Londo Mollari.

Nerdiness runs in my blood. I have it, my parents have it.... My wife has it.

MTFBWY, SMAKIBBFB.

(If you're desperate for more - read the article and watch the video or see me misquoted in The Mirror and ridiculed in Romanian.)
(terryeden, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:31, 22 replies)

Bless you Terry
didn't know you were on b3ta
(Dinsdale v Spiny Norman, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:33, closed)

yaa!!
winner! AWESOME!
(TheManofScience, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:35, closed)

Fantastic
nd congratulations on what looks like an excellent future union!
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:35, closed)

B3ta
I've been here since late 2000 / early 2001. If only I could find my original login name...

And who, Mr Norman, are you?
(terryeden, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:40, closed)

Awwww
That's such a sweet story! And well done to the parents for getting involved.

I think mine would disown me if I revealed I wanted to dress like Zelda on my wedding day.
(ToysForBigBoys would spread her legs for Nick Clegg., Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:41, closed)

I think we have a winner!
*Clicky*
(grandmasterfluffles Come to my Armageddon party on, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:42, closed)

Winner !
You've got great in-laws if they're prepared to do that...
( I_Was_Mordred, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:47, closed)

Londo!
Your brother rocks.
(Vorlon, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:49, closed)

Great stuff!`
Looks like you had loads of fun, weddings are so bloody tedious sometimes but you look like you really broke the mold!
( Brandy_Bumwinkle, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:51, closed)

Yay!
Your F/i/L is Adam Hart-Davis. AICMFP.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:51, closed)

obscure Mornington Crescent rules?!?
obscure in that you've just made them up, same as every one else?
( edz314 smelled the glove on, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:53, closed)

You win.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:56, closed)

You win in terms of sheer geekery
but tell me, is your brother wearing a hair covered wire coathanger on his head?
( Weetobix, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:58, closed)

Holy shit!
You got ridiculed in Romulun! Oh, wait... shit.
(Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Fri 7 Mar 2008, 14:01, closed)

Congrats!
You are 17 different kinds of ace!

*Big click*
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 14:10, closed)

Excellent.
It's even better when you consider the plausibility of Obi-Wan letting his daughter marry his ex-apprentice-turned-sith-lord without some sort of epic lightsaber battle in the church halfway through the ceremony.

Nobody ruin the illusion, I can see it now...
(Sundayturkey has the biggest mug of tea, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 14:15, closed)

A SUPERHUMAN CLICK
If there was a button that could make you instant winner - I would be bashing it for all its worth.

You are a legend

(Ps - congrats)
( KISS.ME.WHERE.I.POO Signed the sex offenders register on, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 14:29, closed)

Replies
Sunday Turkey - Your Wish Is My Command!


Weetobix - Hair, cardboard, stickytape and hope.

Thanks for all the replies. We had a great time and everyone really got into the spirit of it.

Remember, chaps, it's your wedding too. Don't ask, don't get!
(terryeden, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 14:30, closed)

your father's costume
is quite remarkable. Did he just happen to have a Ming the Merciless costume waiting?
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 15:00, closed)

Excellent.
You probably own the one set of wedding photos on the entire planet that I would ever be interested in seeing.
(Big D, Sat 8 Mar 2008, 9:39, closed)

Brilliant

( ogwen69 has returned from Reddit, Sat 8 Mar 2008, 11:03, closed)

Wow
That's feckin ace that! Londo looks perfect! I loved Babylon!

I knew it was Ming when I saw him. Your families are good sports! I'd hang on to 'em
(Lurkaloid awarded wanking black belt on, Sun 9 Mar 2008, 0:23, closed)