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[dc]T[/dc]he Best Man gift is a sacred tradition, going back at least a dozen years. Maybe longer. I’m not sure if best man gifts were a thing in Ye Olden Tymes, but I looked to the past for inspiration. I needed to get my best man, Erik, a gift. After 43 seconds weeks of searching, I found the perfect items for a best man gift, or perhaps any gift: a wooden Thor statue and a copy of the Vanilla Ice film, Cool As Ice.

My gifts to Erik: Cool As Ice and a Thor statue. Photo by Erik.

And that’s Thor as in the Norse god, not the Marvel/Disney character from the comics and movies. Erik is a fan of all things Norse, I think he even took a class on Viking Goat Law or something at Law School. I too share his fondness for all things from ‘the land of ice and snow,’ and he gifted me with a Viking drinking horn for acting as his best man (read my Prince-themed speech). Erik’s speech at my wedding was, as would be expected, Norse and Viking themed. Hilarity ensued.

I wore this at my wedding reception.

Erik also gifted me the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film archive, which includes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, which in turn features Vanilla Ice’s brilliant cameo and show stopping song, Ninja Rap.

I felt it was only Proper to return the favor, and give Erik Vanilla Ice’s magnum opus, Cool As Ice.

Because, as Vanilla Ice’s character, Johnny says: “If you ain’t true to yourself, you ain’t true to nobody.” ¹

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¹.  Seriously, watch Cool As Ice. It is a brilliant film and an excellent time capsule of the early 1990s.

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