Forget that the recent wedding reception of Tampa, Fla., couple Tasha Johnson and Markeith Brown was held at a restaurant called the Rusty Pelican -- it was apparently a classy, fairy tale-themed event, complete with a horse and carriage, romantic vows exchanged at an oceanside gazebo and a ballroom reception. The affair remained classy until around 9 p.m., when Tampa police say Brown began throwing money on the dance floor for children to pick up, which angered one of his guests. When the groom and his brother asked the guest to leave, a fight broke out that escalated and spilled into the parking lot. Cops came -- but it doesn't end there. After guests left, the fight started up again in a hotel parking lot, where the groom's 74-year-old grandmother was put in a choke hold after trying to break up the brawl.
At least one person has been arrested and one was treated in the emergency room as a result of this wedding brawl, but you might be happy to learn that Tasha and Markeith, "the money thrower," are enjoying their honeymoon in the Bahamas right now. They might not be any worse for the wear after their wedding gone wrong, but if you want to avoid making some major mistakes -- as either a bride, a groom or a wedding guest -- pay attention to the following five things you should never do at a wedding.
1) THROWING MONEY AT YOUR GUESTS: It can be a cultural tradition for the bride and groom to do a "money" or "dollar" dance at a wedding, but sprinkling dollar bills on a crowd of people, aka "making it rain," is a totally different story and is never a good idea (see: Jones, Pacman). Also, as generous as it might be, it's pretty gross to give money to your guests in the same manner that you gave out money to the dancers at your bachelor party.
2) GET BOOZY & BELLIGERENT: If treated responsibly, open bars are nice accents to a fun wedding. If treated irresponsibly, well, see above. There's really no better way to ruin what is supposed to be the best day of two peoples' lives than to get drunk and start throwing blows. On days like these, family ties come undone. The bride will call the police on you.
3) SCREW UP THE TOAST: Write notes. Don't have too many drinks beforehand. Remove all thoughts of his or her exes from your mind. Be discreet. Because if you call the bride by the groom's ex-girlfriend's name or let it slip that she's in her first trimester, she'll never let you come to the house again. Ever.
4) HIT ON SOMEONE INAPPROPRIATE: It should go without saying that the groom's grandmother is off limits, right? It's hard to be single at a wedding, but there's no rule that says you have to find someone to hook up with at every wedding celebration you attend. Relax.
5) BE TACKY: Of course, tacky people don't necessarily know they're tacky. But if you don't do any of the things that this family in the UK did for their 16-year-old daughter's wedding last year, then you at least know you won't have the tackiest wedding the world has ever seen.


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By: Billy on 11/11/2009 6:48PM
nope. The problem is race.
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By: mezl on 11/11/2009 7:39PM
what people should do is, hire security guards to make sure no one is carrying weapons. if they are, the get immediately reported to the police. if the weapon is stolen, they get arrested. the bar should remain open for one or two hours, then closed because apparently some people don't know when to stop drinking. thirdly, any one who is known to be an alcoholic/drug user should simply not be invited, especially if they have a bad temper on top of drug use. if some one shows up drunk before the wedding, they should be removed by security and told to go home or arrested if they have illegal drugs/weapons, etc.
and what's wrong with throwing money for kids to pick up? it's a fun thing to do for the kids, isn't it? so long as each kid gets some, and they don't start fighting over it or shoving each other out of the way....i dunno. people are retarded.
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By: Derrel on 11/11/2009 7:48PM
you can take the animal out of africa, relax it's hair, put it in a white dress, but all your going to get is an animal in a dress.
You can't take africa out of the animal
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By: Derrel on 11/11/2009 7:56PM
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By: malLuc on 11/11/2009 8:27PM
Beautiful fairytale wedding held at the ever elegant Rusty Pelican. Guests included most members of the ghetto and a few charming guntoating onlookers. Nice.The bride needs to drag her husbands butt to other end away from this ghetto trash so her children have a fighting chance at becoming what they should be.
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By: LakeErie on 11/11/2009 11:18PM
Well put Carlton, but nothing we didn't already know. I am surprised that they can even read at a grade 4 level.
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By: c brown on 11/12/2009 5:39PM
trailor trash?i havent lived in one in years scence i first started out and not ashamed i was working for my goals and dreams and have made it! you people(whinny blacks)want to know the secret,when somebody or some reason your feet get kicked out from under you(it happened many a time)dont blame someone else or try to find a free ride get up see whats wrong fix it an go at it again!
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By: c brown on 11/12/2009 10:38PM
jack an sammy well said,mike im with you!
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By: c brown on 11/12/2009 8:54PM
sammy and jack well said,mike im with you.
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By: c brown on 11/12/2009 10:37PM
npsuffield we dont need your help scared whites like you are the reason we are where we are.
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