Wedding toasts can be some of the most memorable parts of weddings. All the tension of the wedding is over. People have a drink in their hand, and they’re making merry. Ties are loosened, and laughter fills the room.

But when YOU are the one slated to give a toast, that can make for a week’s worth of nerves. Should it be short or long? Should it be funny or solemn? Should you talk about just one of the parties, or both? How do you start? How do you finish? And so on.

Here are some funny thoughts:

1. To marriage . . . a word that means commitment . . . to an insane asylum.

2. Getting married for sex is like buying a meal for the free mint.

3. I haven’t spoken to my wife for 2 days — she doesn’t like me to interrupt her.

4. “Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven’t been able to find anybody who’ll take what I have to give.” -Cass Daley

5. If you see a man open the car door for his wife, it’s either a new car . . . or a new wife.

6. A groom told his bride that he would go through hell for her. How right he was.

7. There are three rings to marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.

Good luck with your wedding toast. We hope we took the edge off, and put a smile on your face.

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There are numerous different types of blades available for Bowie knives. Most of them will be traditional grinds, such as double bevels or chisel grinds. These are durable, sharp and easy-to-maintain edges. Another popular type of blade is called the flat grind. These grinds are very simple, consisting of a constant angle from flat to edge. Knives with these edge grinds span a wide range, from very expensive models to nearly disposable kitchen knives that are usually found in department stores.

A high-relief flat grind is one where the angle of the grind encompasses the entire blade, from spine to edge. For example, if a Bowie knife was provided with a high-relief flat grind at a 45 degree angle, then the entire blade surface would angle toward the edge at 45 degrees. This edge is one of the simplest to maintain. If you have a sensitive hand, you can use the edge of the blade as a guide when sharpening, which can make it much easier to get a very sharp cutting surface.

This makes the point of the knife very thin, which is ideal for holding a razor edge. Can you find a Bowie knife with this type of blade? It’s certainly possible that you can find a knife similar in style to a Bowie with this type of blade. However, it is more common for these blades to be used with boning knives, as well as other specialty blades.

A high-relief blade is handy on Bowie knives that are used for gutting or skinning due to its consistent drag. Instead of pulling to one side or down into the cut, a high-relief blade will tend to keep its depth and to pull equally in both directions. This makes it good for precise work, though it is not capable of getting as sharp as other grinds, such as hollow grinds, in most cases.

As an example, chisel edges and double ground edges are oftentimes used on cheap kitchen knives. On hunting knives, they’re equally prevalent. On chopping tools, however, a convex grind is usually used. Depending upon what you’re doing, you may need a different knife. However, you’ll likely find that high-relief blades provide excellent results for most applications. Their ease of maintenance and durability has made them favorites for as long as there have been knives!

Blake is a business consultant for an online bowie knife store featuring bowie knives for sale.

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The University of North Carolina used a 21 yard field goal on the final play of the game to pull a big college football upset over #13 Virginia Tech on Thursday night, winning by a final score of 20-17. The Tar Heels’ #8 ranked defense proved as tenacious as their high national status would suggest, and gave the Hokies fits throughout. North Carolina led for most of the game, but withstood a late game Virginia Tech comeback bid to take the win. Both teams are now 5-3 on the college football season.

College football betting enthusiasts who took North Carolina as +16′ road underdogs were never in serious doubt about the eventual payday they’d receive as the Tar Heels never trailed by more than three points. The Tar Heels improved to 3-4 against the college football pointspread, while the Hokies dropped to 3-5 versus the money.

Tar Heels’ QB T.J. Yates was in a state of disbelief after the narrow road victory:

“I’ve never really had this feeling before. Kicking it at the last second? It just sends chills down your spine.”

Running back Shaun Draughn spoke of the team’s priority to bounce back quickly after they blew a big lead in a loss to Florida State last week:

“We knew we had to get back to the drawing board. To come back and play the way we did definitely speaks volumes about our team.”

In the Hokies’ locker room, linebacker Cody Grimm spoke of his team’s need to regain their focus:

“I think the motivation is to come out here so you don’t feel like this again. Ten wins is one thing, but I don’t want to feel like this any more and the only way to do that is to win.”

Running back Ryan Williams felt doubly bad about the loss, as his late game fumble cemented the victory for North Carolina:

“As of right now, there probably isn’t really anything they can say to lift me up because regardless of what anybody says, personally I feel like I kind of took the game away from us today. It was on the line, it was in my hands and I fumbled.”

The Hokies will play against next Thursday night, heading to Greenville, NC to face the Skip Holtz coached East Carolina Pirates. They’ll play at Maryland on Saturday, November 15 before returning home a week later to host North Carolina State. North Carolina plays their next two at home, starting a week from Saturday against Duke. Miami will come in the following week before the Tar Heels hit the road to play at Boston College on November 21.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and respected authority on World Cup betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Northern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.

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