Shoot-Out Bachelorette Parties For Shotgun Brides?

Posted by: Ami Angelowicz Filed in: news
12:30PM, Tuesday May 26th 2009

What’s the worst thing about being a pregnant bride? Duh—you can’t drink at your own bachelorette party. Not to worry. Gun-play mecca Open Range has your back. “Are you running out of time to plan your bachelorette party?” asks a new ad. “Your bachelorette party is sure to go off with a bang at Kentucky’s coolest indoor gun range & paint ball arena.”

Yup. They went there. And I thought regular bachelorette parties were weird? I’m picturing a bunch of overheated, pregnant brides-to-be with aching backs and swollen ankles firing AK47s, unwrapping diaper bags and breast pumps, eating cake, and totally not looking all that much like the very young, very blond, preggo girl in lingerie pictured in the ad. Who is the target market? Bristol Palin?

Even worse? If you need a place to have your wedding before your water breaks, Open Range can help with that too. According to their website, “Nothing says ‘I do’ like a machine gun on full auto.” So call and ask about their Shotgun Wedding package. Sounds really romantic. But for oh so many reasons…“I don’t.” [Buzzfeed]

comments

Perceptible
wrote on May 26 2009 @ 12:35 pm: [report]

Um, how can it be safe to play paintball when you’re that pregnant?!

(Ha ha! Bristol Palin!)

Jamie Lee
wrote on May 26 2009 @ 12:38 pm: [report]

man kentucky is hilarious

Lynn
wrote on May 26 2009 @ 01:33 pm: [report]

oh my god. I am not being sarcastic when I say that it’s things like this that make me love my state!

missduplicity
wrote on May 26 2009 @ 01:43 pm: [report]

LoL. My husband went on a paintball excursion for his bachelor party…preeeetty sure it’s not safe to play paintball when you’re preggo, and it’s not a good idea to be firing a gun at an indoor range if you’re decently far along, either…the loud noises/reverb/etcetc could easily put you into early labor.

I think the IDEA is funny as hell…sounds like something that, without the health risks, I’d have come up with for my bachelorette (as it was, we just went to Carrabba’s and then shopped at Baby Gap. LoL), but the execution for this one is pretty much impossible unless you’re a complete dumbass.

...Maybe that’s why it’s being advertised in Kentucky? *Ducks and runs*

Riley
wrote on May 26 2009 @ 02:17 pm: [report]

This thing has been around a while here, I live in Louisville. The ad always makes me laugh. I’m surprised it has taken this long to get some criticism.