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July 29, 2005 |
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The Wedding
FOUND by Mitch O'Connell
in Chicago, Illinois
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
He seems to be saying "you are my prisoner"
looks like 2 man hands
looks like she is in trouble - no cake for you!
and yes she has kinda old looking man hands.
i think its beautiful. I think his grip is more protective/caring than it is punishing.
He's got some hella trendy cuff links...
Haha there's so much awkward stuff running through my head about this picture.
Looks to me as if the Cake Police are removing the Pastry Burglar from the premises.
Look at the fingernails. Not only do they both look like man hands, the nails are cut short, leading me to believe they are both men. *shrug*
Odd that he would grab her wrist instead of her hand...
First, I like how the donor felt no need to give his own opinion on the photo. As though he knew the picture was enough for the imagination.
Secondly, I think the bride could be a really hard working lady. Like she worked in a highly laborious job using her hands in a lumber or steel yard.
Maybe he's got the kung-fu grip on her so that she doesn't run away with the burly lumberjack.
Is this the same couple who took the picture of the bride's bouquet by the staircase? I wonder...
I think this marriage is in the 50% that winds up divorced. They look doomed from the start...
she has MAN HANDS!!
She doesn't have man hands because she is a he. It's very obvious from the fact that both hands are men's hands, and the fact that both rings are men's rings, that both are men! duh! A woman would have a diamond ring on as well.
yeah, that's definitely a dude's hand. isn't he wearing a man's shirt?
"Cake, or death?!"
Maybe the black-sleeved hand was holding the white-sleeved wrist as so both of the wedding rings could be captured by the camera . . .
I think the gentleman on the left is helping his partner with his diet.
Maybe all he wants to do is hold on forever.
maybe the person on the left was trying to take the cake..and is married to a woman, and the guy on the left could be trying to stop him
the person on the left is in fact a woman. however, the grip is so tight that her hand is swelling giving the impression of large man hands.
Ummm...of course it's two men...the rings are both plain gold bands...why is it so hard to grasp that concept...get over yourselves...they are happy and you're jealous...don't hate
That is an interesting pic. It could be a woman. I have noticed that women who grew up in the early 1900's, have very burly hands - probably from all the various labor they did. And just because the ring is plain gold doesn't mean it's a man - a woman's band doesn't have to be diamond.
I think they were posing their wedding ring hands for the photograph and just winded up having a very awkward looking photo! Fire the photograper! Cake looks as old as they do.
The bride and groom are clearly simple folks with a simple wedding. Women who work hard-labor don't have pretty hands. And, hey, Wendy; not all girls wear diamond rings. Some don't want 'em, and some can't afford 'em. Hope this helps you on your journey toward becoming a grown up. xoxo
Fire the photographer? Fire the baker. WTH with the cardboard box wrapped in tinfoil for a platter?
Simple, hardworking people, not a lot of money for diamonds and expensive photographers. home made cake. done.
Why are we all assuming that it IS a wedding... it was, of course, my first thought but just because one is wearing white and one black doesnt mean it's a wedding. It could be a party with a cake (on tin foil) and some family member happened to take a picture right when uncle Dan was pulling the family drunk away from it.
I'm most likely wrong but it's a thought!
wow the cake or death sums it up perfectly. thats exactly what i thought when i looked at the picture.
definately two men's hands. the occasion looks more like a birthday than a wedding.
It is most defintially a wedding cake- not only is the cake tiered and heart shaped, but it has to interlocking rings on top. I agree about the man hands though. It certainly is an odd and not-so-romantic pose, isn't it?
Very beautiful picture. & the fact you sent it in is lovely, thanks you so much for this submition!
It is deffinitely two men being wed and it is sweet.
Both people are wearing jackets; no dress sleeve is present.
Both rings are men's wedding bands.
Both hands are quite masculine.
But, gender of the people aside, I really adore this one! Honestly, makes me wanna go "Aww!"
that is a man and a woman. She is wearing a white, close fitting sleeve on that dress. Not a jacket. What are you smoking, Ray?
I'm happy for the couple, but the photographer that posed them like that (not to mention the bad lighting) should really find a new line of work.
love it molly! ...a fellow izzard fan!
also, i know a woman with hands like these - short manicure, raw skin from disinfectant, no jewelry other than a flat band - she is a nurse...
Joey Carol, are you suggesting this is a colour picture of a wedding from someone in the 1900's???? or am i reading you too literally.
Anybody else noticed that the "groom's" thumbnail in the background is awfully shiney...makes me think manicure. ;)
I think the bride and groom switched outfits.
Or.
They're both men.
Or.
People's hands don't determine their gender.
But.
The hand on wrist thing is scary.
If you look at the bottom left corner, you can see the skirt of the wedding dress that matches the sleeve. Yes, the pose is awkward and both hands are masculine, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're two guys. This photo was clearly taken in the '70s, when that would have been HIGHLY unusual: look at the stitching on the cuff and the orange flowers on the cake (topped with interlocking rings), the old-style mic and the gross fake wood paneling in the background, not to mention the quality of the color print, which looks like any other color photo from 30 - 40 years ago.
"Don't you dare to touch it, bitch"
I guess it wasn't time for cake.
It's a man and a woman. They don't have much money, which is illustrated by the plain, thin wedding bands. Auntie made the cake. The wedding dress is plain and simple, probably much like the woman who is wearing it. They couldn't afford to hire a professional photographer, which is why the pose is so awkward. The reception is at the local legion hall.
You silly people. It's the engagement ring that=DIAMOND. Wedding bands, for the men and the women, look exactly the same. But that doesn't mean the couple couldn't be two men. Or it could also be a man and a woman. Hey, why not two women with butch hands too?
It's a VFW wedding,probably from the 70's,and my guess is that it was ment to be a joke.Men didn't marry each other in the 70's,they just lived together!
I hope those two men are happy together. :)
the person in white wanted to start a cake fight... the groom didnt want that
obviously
If that is a woman, and those are her hands, imagine what the face would look like.
I bet Large Marge wears the pants in the family while he is more "submissive"
Bride: But, it's my wedding too! I want some cake.
Groom: You spent months trying to fit in that dress, and now you think you can let it go? I won't have a cow for a wife!
Photographer: I can't work with an arguing couple! It's gonna look terrible. I'll just take pictures of their hands.
Check out the size of that mitt! I garantee you that chick can hold like 5 baseballs at the same time.
Pfsh! You know they could friggin' both be women too. Dorks.
No way those are man hands!
The garnish in the middle of the cake is a really clever way to use an Oreo
The first man is the bottom, the second, the top. Easy.
I saw this as a joke picture. Like one guy, who was already married, trying to talk the other guy out of getting hitched. Or maybe they're brothers and mom took the pic "look, both my baby boys are married now!"
Kat,I bet these two guys can think of a couple of clever ways to use oreo's.
I'm with Monica, Jules and Ilikerice. The leisure suit is 1970s, the wedding dress is simple (and probably polyester as well), the wedding cake is homemade, the rings are modest and matching, the small guest book sits beside the cake, and a friend or family member took the picture of the rings without knowing how to pose the hands.
Not everyone marries (or re-marries) in their twenties; this couple could be in their 50s. Like your waistline and your hips, your eyesight, teeth and hearing, your pretty hands won't last forever. I realize that young people think people over (fill in your age plus 25 years) are either a hindrance or invisible, but step out of yourself and look around sometime. Look closely, because that's *exactly* how you're going to look before you know it. You won't feel any different on the inside, but one day you'll wake up and say to yourself, "Those aren't my hands!"
The important thing is that they're taking this optimistic leap of faith together. As long as he is still thrilled by her touch, it will never matter what her hands look like.
I can't look at this without losing it... looks like a still from an episode of Kids in the Hall. This is my #1 favorite find.
how strange.
he seems so forceful, and she so reluctant.
they seem rather poor. look at how simple their wedding bands are, and the stitching and buttons on his suit are really poor quality. Plus the cake is on a tinfoil covered pan.
What do you think the metal rings on top of the cake represent?
is that a citronella candle in the back??? at a wedding???
Don't even THINK about having some cake!
I am a woman. I have very large, muscular hands due to my working hard with them from an early age. I also cut my nails as short as possible for the same reason. You get used to short nails, and you keep them short. Less fuss, cleaner, easier.
I wear a plain gold wedding band *just like* both of these rings--the plain, unadorned band is common for both sexes in Europe.
Not necessarily man-hands but middle-aged hardworking woman's hands.
However, we will agree that the deathgrip on the wrist is less than loving. It almost looks like she was going to do something (slap?) and was stopped forcefully.
This still kills me.
Thanks for making my day.Makes you wonder if there was anything written on the cake in icing underneath the manhands.I agree with "knee deep",fire the photographer,baker,and whoever put that plastic tablecloth on the table.
You can't judge the sex or the looks by the hands. My lovely wife Jackie has only just turned 30 and is very slim and feminine looking but she has HUGE, strong man hands...due in no small part to working in a plant nursery!
The hand on top actually looks feminine, while the one on the bottom looks masculine.
Maybe a flip wedding? She's wearing the suit and he's wearing the dress?
Yes there are guys who do like wearing dresses.
Or could be two guys, one of which is wearing "teh gown".
I'm sorry, but I have to join the ranks of those who believe...
IT'S A MAN, MAN!
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Yes, woman can and do have masculine looking hands, but clearly, the arm is masculine looking too. It looks to me like the other guy has his jacket off and is in his shirt sleeves, which is why you see white at the bottom corner too.
And, besides that, if the hand in question belonged to a woman, I would think that she pose it in a more feminine manner likely without even thinking about it.
I do agree with those who think that this picture is at least 20 years old. That much is obvious.
youre all idiots. its a girl, for freak's sakes.
Arranged marriage for green card.
Photo to show immigration.
Oh wow, we're ALL dumb asses! Maybe it's not even a WEDDING!
1st. The cake...it doesn't look too terribly elaborate, sure there are flowers, but what about the traditional figurines? Or any symbol of marriage?
2. The fact that both hands look like guys, maybe like someone suggested before, they are both men...but they're brothers, or friends, and one just grabbed the other, and both are married so both have rings?
3. This could just be a celebration of some sorts? Congratulations? Happy Birthday?
Since wer're all stuck on arguing about the people in the picture, why does it HAVE to be a wedding?
Doesn't have to be a wedding. Maybe it's their 35th anniversary/recommitment ceremony. (and he's still hell bent on holdin' on forever. and she's still okay with that.)
Or it's their wedding. You see, kids, back in the 70's, there weren't these "bridezilla" competitions. The brides didn't tan for two months solid, get fake nails and toenails, spend 15 grand on a dress and 15 hundred on a coiffure, a hundred grand on the wedding itself, followed up by a luxury resort honeymoon.
Sure, women wanted a nice wedding. Which is exactly what this was, if it was a wedding. An intimate affair, with close friends and family, said friends and family acting as amateur photographers to memorialize the event. Inexpensive, matching bands because, let's face it, why spend two months' salary on a diamond when it doesn't really "mean" anything. Sure doesn't mean as much as that same two months' salary put toward the purchase of their new house.
Whether it's a hard working woman with short nails and a couple extra pounds or a dude, it's a celebration of love and commitment. In any day and age, it's commendable, and it's OKAY.
Oh come on people. How could you think it could be anything but a wedding or anniversary. If the pose of the hands weren't a dead giveaway, the cake is. It's HEART shaped and has the two rings on top. If that cake is meant for any other purpose, well then these people are just plain fruity. As to the gender of the hands, I swear that the person with the dark sleeve has more feminine hands than the person in the white sleeve.
TO ANNA: I think it is highly probable that the bride IS the burly lumberjack... I thought I had big hands for a chick... jeez
I agree with Midlife!
I honestly can't look at this photo without picturing the guy in black wearing a kilt. It's the cuffs that make it look like that to me. I vote: woman in dress and man in kilt.
and...
he shoves her into the cake.
Still thinking 2 men. Wouldn't a women have an engagement ring on as well? Also, maybe the cake has two rings on top instead of a bride and groom because it is a groom/ groom wedding and the local bakery was out of the more untraditional version. Wish the black sleeved one was a bit more gentle - kind of disturbing in a way. I think his partner wants out of this picture. Hope they worked everything out though.
Those are some nice hands.
Cool, MAN LOVE!
But the photo is too old for it to be a gay marriage, that only got legalised recently and thats an OLD photo guys!!!
i dont know why, but i kinda feel like this photo was a set up. its obvious that it's two man's hands, there's no engagement ring for one, and instead of a man and woman on top of the cake its just rings. and the rings, to me, look as tho something is missing from the middle of them.
the points that it is an old picture, and the person who posted it didnt say anything about where it came from, make it seem to me all the more so that it was just posted to make people talk about it.
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The man in the dark suit has nicer, softer looking hands than the "gal". Hmmm...
Maybe she works her butt off cleaning houses for a living. I have ugly hands, too, but not THAT ugly. DAMN!
So, how would somebody describe you, judging only by your hands?
I'd be I nervous, unisex wimp who holds his/her pen too tightly.
Looks like a simple wedding for couple in their 40's - 50's or an anniversary party from the 1970's. My grandmother's hands looked just like that - with all the cooking and cleaning she did it was darn near impossible to keep the hands pretty if they stay in water. The candle in the background has a white netting around the holder - much like those found in Pizza Huts.
It's a woman-you can see the edge of her wedding dress at the bottom corner of the photo-she's just got mannish hands:)
"GET your hand off the cake!! If I catch you poking your fingers into the icing, no cake for you! Now go sit down and behave."
This reminds me of a photo from my parents wedding in which one of the groomsmen is grabbing my father to keep him from running out on his new marriage in a "what have I done?!" sort of sense. The one in my parents' album was clearly set up by the photographer, very cheesy, etc.
The white suit on the left could easily be the groom "making a break for it" while one of his groomsmen or another guest at the party "holds him back."
I'm pretty convinced it's two guys. Gay people were getting "married" for decades before it was legal; even today alot of gay people aren't legally married since they choose to have their ceremonies, and reside, in states where it isn't legal.
Just because the person on the left is wearing a dress doesn't mean it can't be a guy. The whole butch/femme dynamic was very prevalant in both lesbian and gay relationships, and since this photo is clearly from the 70s, this couple would have felt pressure from the gay community for one to be masculine and one to be feminine.
The fact that this does look like such a low key, homemade wedding further convinces me it's two guys. There is no way a gay couple could have gotten a professional cake, professional photographer, a huge and fancy reception hall, etc. It's still hard for gay couples to find those things nowadays.
I think its a Throw away picture. Has no meaning it could have been accidently shot by an amatuer picture taker. who knows! hence the reason it wasent in a photo book being cherished for its memories!
It's two guys, not a girl with rough hands. The symbol on the cake is a gay male sign.
Fergit the hands -- Lookit the aluminum foil under the cake!
Cheap-o weep-o!
Gotta love polyester.
my mom has hands like that and she is a woman. we believe.