"Fried Fridays: They're Wedding Vows, Alright..."

"Do you, Elana and David Glatt, take thee Posy Floral Design Studio to be your...."

Ya know, there has to be drawn that proverbial line in the sand when fully-brained 2-leggeds go off the deep-end as a result of self-righteous pride and indignation.

Granted, wedding days are big events...lots of intricate planning and coordination...oftentimes replete with short tempers and joy and tears mixed with hysteria and calm smiling...nothing short of the whole gamut of emotions. Can't say I've ever seen a single one that went like clockwork all around the board. You roll with the punches. The show must go on. In the greater scope of day to day living, this, too, shall pass.

Seems as though Stamos Arakas, owner of the above named florist shoppe, now has his hands full of legal troubles thanks to a lawsuit pressed by the newlywed Glatts. Oh he provided the flowers and centerpieces alright, in place and on time...only the newlyweds decry the colors were NOT the colors they ordered...Arakas counters otherwise with photographs (which I can't find to show here...probably part of legal documents, anyway.)

Such a horrid quandry at a posh restuarant on 42nd Street in the Big Apple... The couple claimed, literally, that the alleged faux pas caused them "extreme disappointment, distress and embarrassment." They went on to add in their legal papers that "the result 'had a significant impact on the look of the room and was entirely inconsistent with the vision the plaintiffs had bargained and paid for,' " and accused the florist of fraud, a breach of contract and woefully negligent misrepresentation.

The couple claimed they asked for deep, dark shades of fuchsia, rust, and green...and that Posey Florists instead provided pastel pinks that were almost whitish, totally wrecking the ambiance of the couple's special celebratory digs. I'd love to see the original bill of sale and the photographs...seems cut and dried to me, even if they were 'live' arrangements.

You might like to know Elana filed her own lawsuit - she's a lawyer practicing under the name Elana Elbogen - and filed on behalf of herself, her husband, and her mother-in-law who paid for the flowers, Tobi Glatt.

She originally sent emails to the florist asking for $4,ooo in reimbursement, to which the florist ignored as he thought it was either fake or extortionist measures. Little did he know the hellish hound he would unleash... The resulting asked-for pricetag?...the mental duress, valued in the lawsuit, stands at...

$400,000.

Puh-leez, Elana. Righting a wrong is one thing...but this takes the (wedding) cake. We are such a stupidly litigious society it's no wonder we are often the laughing stock of the saner world community. Your high-horse should be leveled. This almost ranks up there with the Washington lawyer who sued a cleaners for millions over 1 stinkin' pair of pants.

I'm thinkin' there needs to be a special place we can send such vitriolic legal maniacs with a complimentary one-way ticket. And we won't let the door hit 'em on the way out, either...