Big fat Greek wedding goes viral

YANNA ELFRES' big fat Greek wedding appears to have been gate crashed by a bunch of Internet geeks who do not share her idea of having a good time.

Elfes married her husband Kosta in Sydney two months ago. The theme of the wedding was a Guns N' Trousers video clip for November Rain.

Her friends stuck the snaps on Facebook and they ended up published on websites and blogs including Office-humour.co.uk with headlines such as "tacky Greek wedding" and "Greek wedding of the year".

OK it was a bit naff. The groomsmen wore tight black tops with pink braces, which matched the bridesmaids' gowns. Apparently plum covered puffy sleaves and a page boy picking his nose was not enough. There was a spotted wedding cake, Playboy-tagged champagne flutes and satin table decorations.

The 220 guests were ferried to and fro at the wedding in three stretch Hummers with fur-lined interiors, and the bride and groom were introduced for their bridal waltz with WWE wrestling-style fireworks.

The snaps of the wedding have been used in various caption competitions. Yanna was upset by one which said "Dad: sure am glad to be giving this away!"

Yanna was obviously miffed. She told the The Age that it was sad that someone can stoop that low to want to trash someone else's wedding day. Although trashy seemed to be pretty much the theme of the day in the first place.

Yanna said that it was supposed to be a personal and private thing, if you don't count the 220 guests and staff involved in the project, we guess.

After she was flooded with horrible emails, Yanna's sister called Inspector Knacker of the Sydney Yard to investigate. It looks like the whole thing was started by a Facebook user. In the end it was all public domain so there was nothing the Sydney coppers could do.

Yanna said she could understand why people would perceive the wedding as outrageous. But it was just her party so sod them all, or words to that effect. µ