A Fathers Wedding
Speech
I have recently given a Father of
the Bride Speech, and as the Best Man was very nervous, I extended my
offering a little. The result went down really well, and might help other
Fathers of the Bride who seem to get scant advice.
Peter Jones
My wedding speech has been researched in
great detail - and will probably start off badly, sag with long silences
in the middle, then trail off into the half remembered ramblings of a
sentimental old man! Still, here goes!
Well, that was it! The great day is half
over!. Two down - one to go! - Daughters, that is! You seem to get shot of
one and there always seems to be another to take her place.
My fault, though!.
Education in my day didn't cover the
birds and bees, and we had three children before I realized what was
causing them! Still, we can't have been bad parents, as they keep coming
back to invade our life and to re-inhabit the bathroom!
Seriously though, I'm proud to have such
a beautiful daughter as Samantha - the blushing bride, and I must
congratulate Scott on his perception, as he must be the luckiest man in
the world !
Before I ask you all to join me in a
toast to the bride and groom, I would like to bore you with a few words. I
will try to keep it short, as I know that Dean - Scott's best man is
really looking forward to giving you his speech -arent you Dean?
Being asked to be best man really is a
tough job - rather like being asked to sleep with the Queen Mother - it's
a great honor, but no-one really wants to do it!
On the way here, while you were all
looking forward to a good meal with a nice drink, all I could think of was
getting up to make the Father of the Bride speech. It's amazing what you
think of when you are worried! I stared at the cats- eyes in the middle of
the road, and remembered about how they were invented - evidently the
inventor was driving in the blackout during the war, and saw a cat coming
towards him in the dark, it's eyes glowing in the headlights, and the idea
came to him in a flash. If the cat had been walking away from him he would
have invented the pencil - sharpener!
One of the best things about being a
bloke is that weddings organize themselves! - and you get to go to the pub
nearly every night, because dresses are being fitted in your house, and
your as welcome as a fox in a hen-house! I would at this point like you to
join me in a toast to my beautiful wife, as without her constant hard
work, today would have been a shambles!
My wife - Mary!
No! - I haven't quite finished -because
my next toast is to the bride and groom, which reminds me of the wedding I
once went to where two of the guests were a Minister and a Priest. When
the Priest was offered a drink for the toast he said, " I'll have a large
whiskey, please!" When the Minister was offered the same, he said" No
thanks, I'd sooner go with a Scarlet woman than touch the demon alcohol!"
The Priest promptly put his whiskey back
on the tray, and said, "I didn't know there was a choice!"
Now I don't want to offend anybody, so if
there's a Priest or Minister present, I apologies - and if there's a
Scarlet woman here, I'll meet you in the bar in 10 minutes!
Thank you for your kind indulgence,
listening to my ramblings - now all that remains is for me to ask you to
join me in a special toast to my beautiful daughter -the bride and here
handsome husband - the groom!
The Bride and Groom!
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