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« on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:43:48 » |
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Had to do one at my brothers wedding in America. Bloody nerve wracking. Anyone else had to do one? Kept mine fairly short and the jokes to a minimal as I was so worried about it falling flat.
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:46:55 » |
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Never had to do it but did write a speech for one of my mates to perform, glad it wasn't me doing it!
What was your opening gag?
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Devon Red
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:50:46 » |
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"can you hear me at the back?...........brilliant can one of you get me a beer then please"
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:53:18 » |
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"can you hear me at the back?...........brilliant can one of you get me a beer then please" :roll: :roll: |
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:53:40 » |
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Ooooh, good opener...
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:55:07 » |
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Best one I've paid witness to was at my Brothers wedding. Best man got a speech of the internet and read it out (keeping the original names etc to start).
Began with something like "I first met Hans on skiing trip to Austria", carried it on using the real names and it went down a treat - added his own bits at the end to make it personal as well as stupidly funny.
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Devon Red
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 15:59:12 » |
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I got most of my stuff off the net but that was one of the most appropriate as it was being delivered to christian Americans. Wasn't sure how far to push the limits
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 16:35:13 » |
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"can you hear me at the back?...........brilliant can one of you get me a beer then please"  Made me laugh. |
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 17:49:58 » |
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i have one to do next week, then another one in august.
the one next week is in aberdeen and i am the only english one there.
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 18:48:47 » |
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I turned down a best man thing because I couldnt hack the speach idea.Weak I know..I ended up giving the bride away bizarely.
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 18:57:06 » |
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Simple jokes, praise and honest wordss (within reason)
Possibly based off something from the internet!
That's how I would do it anyway
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 20:24:03 » |
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I turned down a best man thing because I couldnt hack the speach idea.Weak I know..I ended up giving the bride away bizarely. I've been best man once; but my mate had 3 best mates as such so shared the duties around. So I did the rings in the church bit; drove them off afterwards in a nice car; another bloke did all the organizing and the final bloke the speeches etc. We were all happy with that; the bloke who did the speech was excellent; I think nerves would have got the better of me if I'd had to do it. |
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 20:35:50 » |
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My dad did a best man's speech once and came up with this cracker: 'I see marriage as a three ring circus. You've got the engagement ring, the wedding ring and then the suffering.....'  |
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 21:27:35 » |
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"If i could say a few words....................id be a better public speaker".
Brilliant
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, July 3, 2006, 22:55:35 » |
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I reckon I would be ok at doing a best man's speech from a presentation point of view. THe speech itself would probably be average-to-bad though.
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