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China couple make wedding day by hosting wrestling match, loser faces housework

https://lemmy.ca/post/64945401

China couple make wedding day by hosting wrestling match, loser faces housework - Lemmy.ca

> Newlyweds opt to put on professional grappling showdown instead of traditional nuptials; guests lap it up > > A couple in southwestern China turned their wedding into a professional wrestling showdown, with the loser agreeing to do the housework for life. > > The referee then declared her the winner, announcing that she was “exempt from doing housework for life”.

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Show threadsknob6d ago

There you have it. Thanks for reading/listening.

When I’m writing, there has to be *something* in the music that strikes my fancy for me to persevere. Hopefully these posts gave you a few examples of what I mean. And maybe they drew your attention to details you might otherwise have missed.

Finally, if you liked what you heard, a reminder that the album is available for free (or for pay what you like) on these fair music platforms:

https://mamot.fr/@sknob/116455758887356615

10/9

#offbeat #newAlbum

sknob (@[email protected])

🎵 NEW ALBUM ALERT 🎵 #offbeat, my #newAlbum is finally available in all these fine places: - my hand-crafted music site: https://sknob.fr/music/?offbeat_album - my #Faircamp site: https://sknob.fr/faircamp/offbeat/ - @[email protected]: https://mirlo.space/sknob/release/offbeat (pay what you want if anything) - bandwagon.fm: https://bandwagon.fm/69cf8aa318ffd3687ee3d9a9 - experimental javascript-free page: https://sknob.fr/music/offbeat.html

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Show threadsknob6d ago

Day 8: “Take Three“

The only song on the album that started with the music (as opposed to the lyrics), which came to me waking from a nap.

🎵❤️: I like the way the same melody in the chorus is sung alternatively over different chords (first D and A and then B7 and E7), and the recurring augmented chord, and the major 7 harmonies on the final chorus (and the discreet ”clonk” of the piano keys being released at the very tail end :)

9/9

https://mirlo.space/sknob/release/offbeat/tracks/26931

#offbeat #newAlbum

Take Three

A track by sknob Released 2026-04-23

Take Three