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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: antbach on July 06, 2005, 08:32:38 am
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Good luck with it buddy - just don\'t get too hammered beforehand!
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remember to use words you can pronounce after a couple drinks
:lol: trust me, for the most part it is all basic English, no big words except maybe compassionate, but that\'s not too tough
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remember to use words you can pronounce after a couple drinks
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don\'t get too fancy with things, I mean if you really use phrases like "...indescribable extra flare of happiness..." then run with it.
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Thanks for the help everyone. I\'ve pretty much got it down on paper, with only a few minor revisions needed (my ending toast sucks ass). There is no humor contained within whatsoever. It came to be a lot longer than I wanted, but even when reading it aloud to myself it stays under 2 minutes (probably end up being 3 or 4 since I don\'t plan on talking as fast). I do need help with 1) an ending toast (I go into it by saying: "If everyone can please raise their glasses and join me in a toast"). And 2) sounding less gay (need a better adjective) in this line: "You give him an indescribable extra flare of happiness".
Thanks in advance, and wish me luck, heh.
P.S. I only am at work until noon today and don\'t have internet access afterwards so if you can post before then or email suggestions to abachinski@flgcorp.com before then that\'d be awesome.
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gencs advice is pretty good. One piece of advice: try to get the low-down on what the bride\'s family are like, ie if they have a sense of humour; the groom\'s family will probably know you and appreciate your humour (or at least tolerate it!). I was best man once for an old school mate and I didn\'t get the measure of her family (well, they were English (or in your case, possibly out of state)). All his family and friends got the jokes, but her family were so stuffy, it went sort of flat at times.
I suppose it didn\'t help later that the band I was in played at the reception and at the request of the bride and groom, we did Hey Joe, Suspicious Minds and Since You\'ve Been Gone.
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Um, when my brother Harold asked me to be the best man at his wedding, I was like "Of course, man, \'cause you\'ve always been there for me." Like when I was in rehab and uh, like the time I couldn\'t find my car... \'cause Harold, you know, he\'s always been the dependable one and I\'ve always been the screwed-up one,
right, Dad? Why can\'t you be more like your brother? Uh, Harold would never beat up his landlord! But, uh, little news flash, Pop. Harold ain\'t so perfect. Remember that time in Puerto Rico when we picked up those two, uh..... Well, I guess they were prostitutes, but I don\'t remember payin....
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While we\'re giving TV advice, according to George Costanza, it\'s best to end on a high note - try to lighten the mood with a few laughs (just make sure the joke\'s not @ the bride/groom\'s expense!)
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Word of advice: the speech is about the groom and/or bride, so don\'t talk about yourself. The last wedding I went to, the best man told a funny story about himself, in which the groom was "kind of" involved. Big no-no. :no:
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here\'s one from the man....the myth....the legend....Homer Jay Simpson
"marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail"
Right On!
If anyone knows anything about everything its Homer J. Simpson
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classic movie indeed
"Well, let me be the first to say congratulations to you man; you have one **** for the rest of your life. Real smart man."
here\'s one from the man....the myth....the legend....Homer Jay Simpson
"marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail"
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what hes tryin to say is,love is blind...
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"Best guitar player in the world, self taught, no thanks to you, Dad!"
Classic one-liners from the movie all over the place.
:lol:
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"Best guitar player in the world, self taught, no thanks to you, Dad!"
Classic one-liners from the movie all over the place.
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"True love is hard to find, sometimes you think you have true love... and then you catch the early flight home from San Diego and a couple of **** people jump out of your bathroom blindfolded like a goddamn magic show ready to double team your girlfriend... "
god I love that movie
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"True love is hard to find, sometimes you think you have true love... and then you catch the early flight home from San Diego and a couple of **** people jump out of your bathroom blindfolded like a goddamn magic show ready to double team your girlfriend... "
god I love that movie
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"True love is hard to find, sometimes you think you have true love... and then you catch the early flight home from San Diego and a couple of **** people jump out of your bathroom blindfolded like a goddamn magic show ready to double team your girlfriend... "
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Steve\'s advices hits the nail on the head. The only thing I can add > don\'t make it too long. Everyone\'s there for 1 reason, and that\'s to get drunk. Nobody wants to hear the drunkest person at the party (which is part of your job) jabber on for too long.
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without reading 1 thing on this thread,tell your buddy this....
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,DONT **** DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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:point: -talk about his bride. even if she is a ****, you need to find something nice to say about her....
and then right when you are done with the toast, throw a Charles Barkley box-out to the bride and scream for your friend to RUN AS NOW IS HIS LAST CHANCE TO GET OUTTA THERE!
rotfl rotfl
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steve i want you to give a speech at my wedding
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The only best man speech I ever did was for one of my best friends and I didnt prepare anything and just talked from my heart about him and his wife..... Lets just say there were some teary eyed people.....
here is a good format to work from
-thank everyone for coming.
-talk briefly about your friend (how long you know him, maybe a funny anticdote)
-talk about his bride. even if she is a ****, you need to find something nice to say about her....
-wish them luck and happiness
-salute
and then right when you are done with the toast, throw a Charles Barkley box-out to the bride and scream for your friend to RUN AS NOW IS HIS LAST CHANCE TO GET OUTTA THERE!
Good luck Ant....
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I don\'t remember much of the night much less the speeches. short, sweet and don\'t make a big scene and it\'ll pass by and on with the show, and also remember it might be on film so don\'t turn into a soppy biatch.
something like I\'ve known .... for so many years, we\'ve been through some great times, I\'m honored to be a part of his life like this and I know the two of you will enjoy a happy loving and lasting relationship together. to the bride and groom
Easy Keasey
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Okay so here is my issue. A good friend of mine is getting married on Saturday and I am the best man. I am expected to do a speech/toast, but I am drawing such a huge blank it\'s kind of ridiculous. I have been searching the internet looking at samples, bought two books at Barnes and Noble last night that weren\'t very insightful (although one of them was pretty funny, people in the UK have no shame when it comes to wedding speeches, heh.), and still can\'t put two and two together. I know, I think, what I\'d like to stress upon, but can\'t figure out how to flow it together so am thinking about tossing that idea out the window. The bride and groom to be keep telling me not to worry about it, it will be fine. I\'m stressing more than they are with less than 4 days to go. Any advice anyone out there in .info land that can help me out would be phenemonal. What I do know is that they both are not expecting too much out of me. I am not up there to recount past stories or put the groom down, as is the custom (from what I have read anyway). I want to keep it quite short (a minute or so), but meaningful. I talked to my buddy last night and he said that the two of them aren\'t expecting more than 5 lines or so. So basically I am giving a toast, not a speech. Honestly, if any of this is confusing my bad but you can probably get the issue I have. Thanks
Ant