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Montreal #12 - That Flintstones Scene

Here's the skinny on that classic Flintstones scene referenced at the bar in Montreal after dinner when Bobby Bo goes for a refill of his glass of red wine and is talking to the bartender.

The episode here was called "Love Letters on the Rocks" and comes from season 1 (1961), episode 21.



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Epilogue - Of Max and Mexico

Another obliquely inserted reference near the end of the book lies with one of the two wedding help letters written to Bobby Bo in his imaginary gig as a wedding advice newspaper columnist.

Who was Max and what was he on about? The answer might lie with his location and parting line.



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Santiago #30 - Some of those character names

One of the buried elements inside that wedding (and indeed generally sprinkled throughout the book) is the use of some past famous or notable people names for some of the local / regional characters in the chapter.




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Mustique #47 - The three spots

All the action that day and evening back in February 2000 for Patty and Bruce's wedding revolved between the two villas, Yellow Bird and Flomarine, and Firefly, which was where the ceremony and initial mini-reception were held.

Yellow Bird was where "somebody" woke up poolside after a big night out.



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Ouch!

You can just imagine the scene at this one in the UK. Strange but true.

Wedding Postponed After Man Rushes into Church, Castrates Himself
Sep. 20, 2013 | Cora VAN OLSON

'The image that comes to mind is that of a loving couple holding hands in church before a vicar, who is saying, If anyone knows any reason why this couple may not be joined in matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace, when all of a sudden a man rushes in, drops his pants and snips off his testicles with a pair of scissors.'



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Wedding Chronicles - IATA city/airport location codes

For those trying to figure out any, some or many of those pesky-critter 3-letter codes throughout the book under "Route" in each chapter or wedding, the IATA airport code system will demystify and help solve that matter.

The International Air Transport Authority (IATA) airport code system designates codes for airports all around the world.



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Los Angeles #70 - Manuel Noriega and Oreo Cookies

It was a fast comment in passing by Wade Roe in dialogue, but based on fact.

“It took out the Northeast faster than Manuel Noriega does a bag of Oreos.”

Manuel Noriega has (or had) a large love of Oreo cookies. I wouldn't spin no crap on that. Here's some support from back in the day when our main man Manuel first started cooling his heels in the clink.



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Tenerife #18 - Death List and Oprah Winfrey

Per the poolside discussion in Tenerife with Billy Brant and Grant Lipman (aka Student Grant), DeathList (with no space between being the proper way to write it per the site) really does exist, and it's been going for decades now. Their tagline, here below, is certainly pretty catchy.



Bobby Bo wouldn't make up stuff like that, but he might make up other stuff. Another example of fact being more interesting and strange than fiction.

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Tenerife #18 - Finca el Drago / El Teide

The wedding reception setting, Finca el Drago, is still there to this date, and looks to be holding up well since 1994.

You can imagine the scene by the pool unfolding for the DeathList exchange, as well as bachelor night when Dudley got dropped off drunk at the cottage on the property, back to "da Boss."



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Iceland #71 - Budir - Church and Hotel

There are several spectacular photos capturing the breathtaking area in and around the church at different times of the year in that remote area on the Snaefellsnes peninsula of west Iceland where Wedding #71 was held.




No matter how I tried to describe the church itself in words in the book, the inside of which is shown in this photo, the surrounding area is definitely best shown via imagery, so I didn't even bother to try that with words.



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