Best Man this week......need to make a speech....any ideas, hints or tips from experienced best men?

I'm ing myself!

An opening line from a friends wedding last summer.......

''Being a best man is a bit like being asked to sleep with the Queen - It's a great honor, but you'd never really want to do it!''

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NickM wrote:

An opening line from a friends wedding last summer.......

''Being a best man is a bit like being asked to sleep with the Queen - It's a great honor, but you'd never really want to do it!''

Nick THAT is getting used!

JF did you try this?

http://www.thebestmanspeech.com/?gclid=CKL4hM7X9JQCFQuJ1QodXktqrQ RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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done both the groom and a best man speech

Firstly if the groom has used a website find out which one, as me and my brother did near identical speeches at his wedding

Second don't write the speech out word for word and read it, you will sound like a robot reading it, best to make bullet point to remind you what you want to say

don't forget to say the bride is looking great even if she doesn't

My best man proudly announced he had looked after me the night before the wedding , he made sure I had an early night and he could confirm I slept like a baby...........

I wet the bed and cried all night for my mommy

If the groom (and more importantly the bride) have sense of humor the ring gag is always a good one.

Plant 4-8 front door keys with guests and even hotel staff if you have the nerve.....
during the speach explain that as by way of a fresh start anyone who has a key to you house/flat should return them now , one by one they all bring them up to the top table and give them back to the groom.

I had men ,women and staff giving keys back....very funny , I'm laughing just thinking about it.

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key hand back is always a good one, make sure a little old lady or the mother in law hand a key back

also holding up a house brick, telling the guest that you found it in the toilet this morning, and the groom still had the balls to say he wasn't bricking it

My best man opened with
"I was nervous about being Martin's best man , however Martin and i had a long chat about it and he promised me if I do a good job today i can be best man at his NEXT wedding!!"

If looks could kill (my wife!)

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JayMann - I'm already subscribed to that site

BigMart - Keys very funny, I've already got the one about "I can be best man at his next wedding".....starting to panic that people who have been to a few weddings will have heard half my jokes before due to these websites!

JF, I did the best man thing for a mate of mine recently who was 40 something. A one liner that went down really well (that I made up so hope it isn't on any websites) was

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My best man used the old "I hope that the happy couple have a lovely honeymoon in Wales -- at least I assume that's what the groom meant when he said he was going to Bangor for 2 weeks"!!  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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BigMart wrote:

Plant 4-8 front door keys with guests and even hotel staff if you have the nerve.....
during the speach explain that as by way of a fresh start anyone who has a key to you house/flat should return them now , one by one they all bring them up to the top table and give them back to the groom.

I had men ,women and staff giving keys back....very funny , I'm laughing just thinking about it.

That's brilliant, I wish I'd known about that one

Good luck with it, JF... you do brick it leading up to the event, but I found both for best man and groom's speeches that once you're in and rolling the pressure goes and you can enjoy it

I liked this one:

Quote:

Ladies and gentlemen, to put my nerves about speaking here today into perspective, this is the 5th time this afternoon that I have risen from a warm seat with a piece of paper in my hand!

 

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