Internal vigilance is the price of bachelorhood, but cupid is sneaky. He’s like Santa Claus on Christmas Eve; he’s everywhere!

And the love bug will bite you if you don’t watch out. The love bug that invaded Sandy Bay must have been starving to death because a lot of good men have fallen into that burning ring of fire.

The last names of the recently branded: Floyd, Wooten,  Lee and Knotts. And two McKenzies will soon join the ranks of those who are told when, where and why to do it. Only the two McKenzies haven’t stood before the preacher yet. Wayne McKenzie will marry Betsy Wall on December 5, and Gary Larue McKenzie will marry Erica Wynters on June 13.

A McKenzie in love is a pitiful sight. Last night Wayne milked the alarm clock and wound up the cow. Wayne’s bride to be Betsy is the beautiful and talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wall. Betsy is a nurse, Wayne is a McKenzie.

Lee Carter is the son of Harry and Mary Carter. Lee is a former star athlete for the Mean Green Machine and he played baseball and has a degree from Francis Marion. Lee’s bride was the former Courtney Surratte, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clark Surratte of Cheraw. Gregory Wooten married Julie Rochester in Las Vegas where Elvis conducted the wedding. Sam Floyd married Tammy Davis, where Elvis performed at the reception. Ann Cole-man’s daughter Kelli Coleman married Bryan Knotts.

A bachelor is someone who don’t know, which wine goes with peanut butter. One of the first things a new bridegroom will discover is he can’t fool his wife like he did his mother. Jimmy Campbell is one of the few bachelors left at Sandy Bay. Jimmy is allergic to wedding cake. I think he’s trying to find a good looking deaf and dumb nymphomaniac who owns a whisky store and has two tickets on the 50 yard line for all the Clemson football games. Since we are running out of bachelors at Sandy Bay maybe the Obama Stimulus Package will furnish us a fresh supply.

When Wayne McKenzie gave Betsy her ring, he was dressed in a Superman costume. I don’t know whether Wayne is faster than a speeding bullet, but Wayne had better get used to things he didn’t ex-pect. Whoever said marriage is s 50-50 proposition don’t know the half of it. Husband hunting is the only sport, which the animal that’s caught has to buy the license. But newlyweds make the best customers because they don’t remember what prices used to be.

Here are some pictures from the wedding of Mrs. and Mrs. Lee Carter.