Wedding Toast - Best Man Essay -- Wedding Toasts Roasts Speeches

Wedding Speech - Best ManAfternoon everyone, firstly, the city council have asked me to requestthat, for wellness and safety reasons, none of you get up on top of the chairsand tables during my standing ovation.Im sure youll all admit this has turned out to be a fabulous weddingcelebration, yet every silver- lining does have a cloud, and that is,unfortunately that youve all got to listen to me for a hardly a(prenominal) minutes.Id just like to start by thanking everyone on behalf of the Bride andgroom, for sharing their wedding day, although personally I wish youd allstayed at home, because things would have been a lot easier on me. Id also like to thank you George, on behalf of the bridesmaids for your kindwords and also my personal thanks for giving me the opportunity to dresslike Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen and for finally admitting after all theseyears that I am the best man. This book tells you to start all speeches with a joke & I promise Ill startshortly. It also says that you are the most forgiving reference & youlllaugh at the lamest joke. Over the next 10 minutes I will be severelytesting this theory. ...I was really nervous before hand, so I prepared a few lines - and havingsnorted them Im feeling pretty good right now...I didnt think I was going to be that nervous solely believe me this is not thefirst time today that Ive stood up from a warm seat with a bit of pap... ...h, fruity and intoxicating to the mind and consequently turn full bodiedwith age until they go all sour and vinegary, which inevitably gives you aheadache.In all seriousness though George, it has been a colossal honour to have been yourbest man here today, but more importantly to have known you as a truefriend of yours all over the last 14 years. I sincerely wish you the happiest ofmarriages and may our friendship continue for many years to come. I started planning this speech a few weeks ago.... & it must feel like Ivebeen delivering it that long. So it gives me immense pleasur e, not tomention relief, to invite you all - well those who still can - to stand.Ladies and gentlemen, George and Julie