OK I have to say this

I ended up getting in an argument with my own mother over this lol. She started in about how bad it is to throw rice during a wedding, and how it will kill the birds.

This is a myth, just like it's a myth that feeding seaguls will make them explode lol.

I can't believe even after explaining it she still wouldn't believe me! there are birds that actually stop in the rice fields to fill up during their migration too.

Parents, even though you always think you know more than your children, sometimes they are right!

Well I do have to admit, i thought it was true up until about 10 years ago. but the reason i thought that was while growing up my parents taught me that it's true.

She also mentioned that's why they don't let you throw rice at some wedding halls. I did some research there too and found out tha the reason they don't let you throw rice is primarily because it's extremely hard to clean up, especially in grass, and it makes the concrete slick.

Interesting bits I didn't know!

Wow, I thought that was true too! Thanks for clarifying!

I like throwing rose petals at weddings. Trouts Mum what will you have thrown at you at your upcoming wedding?

I've been told the same thing and I always thought it was too stupid to be true. My dad used to feed the birds all of the time and he used to make up a mixture of various wild bird seeds, sunflower seeds and rice. The birds came back for more and more each year. None of them "exploded"

Here is the Snopes on it.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp

I was always told that as well.... We had bubbles at our wedding

Originally Posted by fastnoc

Well I do have to admit, i thought it was true up until about 10 years ago. but the reason i thought that was while growing up my parents taught me that it's true.

She also mentioned that's why they don't let you throw rice at some wedding halls. I did some research there too and found out tha the reason they don't let you throw rice is primarily because it's extremely hard to clean up, especially in grass, and it makes the concrete slick.

Interesting bits I didn't know!

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I wasn't allowed to use confetti poppers inside because of the mess it makes. Party poopers!

It's hard to dispel when most folks haven't studied the digestive system of birds.

When my husband's family wanted to hold him upside down and fill his pant legs with rice (some hazing ritual having nothing to do fertility as they claimed), the venue just asked politely if they wouldn't do it inside the facility...so they dragged him outside and no birds were harmed.

Gee, the last wedding I went to, we threw grits. It was at the JOP and the convenience store was out of rice.

Thanks for clarifying that JT. I'm another one who thought it was true. Although I wouldn't have argued the point.

But I do think that if you give Alka Seltzer to seagulls they will die. I don't think it's quite as dramatic as exploding, but I do think they die.

i thought that was true as well...i really want glitter thrown at mine, but BF made a good point about how glitter would stick all over everyone, the rose petals is a beautiful idea tho, maybe i would do that, or get some type of shiny glitter like confetti

The maintenance man at our church growing up told me the real reason why they don't want rice throw at weddings: it's a pain in the butt to clean up. That was at my sister's wedding in about 1973. They pushed for bird seed instead, and most weddings I've gone to since then has done either bird seed or bubbles.

Once he explained to me why he didn't want us throwing rice, it make perfect sense and even if offered rice since that time, I won't throw it.

bird seed is a really good idea. hadn't thought of that.

I had bubbles!! makes for very nice pics and no finding errant bits later

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I had bubbles!! makes for very nice pics and no finding errant bits later

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We did bubbles too!

How do you do bubbles? just hand out those little jars of bubble stuff and people just blow them?

Originally Posted by fastnoc

How do you do bubbles? just hand out those little jars of bubble stuff and people just blow them?

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yup! we put them in a basket and people grabbed them

Originally Posted by katiemae1277

yup! we put them in a basket and people grabbed them

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Yep! Here was our basket:



And here is how the bubbles looked: