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What do you do if
you're a groom -to -be
and you happen to
mangle your face (accidentally)
after a bachelor's party and it's
two weeks before your
wedding?
Well, the first thing you do is
check to see if your bride-to-be
still wants to marry you. Then,
on the advice of friends and co-
workers, you go to a good drug
store and buy as much pure
vitamin E and aloe vera lotions
as you can, apply generously to
affected areas and pray it
works!
To back up just about six and
a half years ago, to Sept. 1991, I
was invited to a "gentlemen
only" pre -marriage gathering
(a.k.a. a stag party drink -fest) in
downtown Toronto. And for
some reason, it was held on a
school night. (I was working
'then, really). And just to
complicate things, the TTC was
on strike so there was no public
transit. So being a thrifty -type
cheap Scot (and wanting to stay
fit), I road my bike across the
city - about 10 subway stops -
to my destination.
And a good time was had by
all. At the end of the night, I
had retired to a bed in the guest
room (almost passed out).
Then, for some unexplained
(and later to be proven,
unfortunate) reason, I bolted up
unexpectedly and said I had to
return home and do my
laundry. Of course, l was
suffering from the influence of
pre -wedding jitters and a
gallon of beer too much.
(Please don't try this at
home).
So off I journeyed through
the heart of Cabbagetown
toward the Bloor Street bridge
to cross to the east side of the
city where I lived. But alas, I
launched over my handlebars
„
Kathleen and Dave Scott, of Seaford', are pictured here on'
their wedding day, Sept. 28, 1991 — two weeks after Dave
injured his face in a cycling accident ( which incidently
happened in the first wee hours of a Friday the 13th). The
left side of his face, showing in the photo, healed in time
for the wedding
when I failed to execute the
turn at the fateful intersection
of Parliament and Bloor and it
was only my helmet which
cushioned my head -first frt•
fall onto the road.
Thankfully I had my helm,.t
on or I might not possibly be
writing this right now. The
helmet was cracked over my
left temple. I had a shiner on
my left eye and pavement -burn
scrapes around my eye and by
my mouth. And various other
little cuts and scrapes on my
hands and arms.
Get my head examined '
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