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A mate of mine is getting Married quite soon and although I'm not the best man I've been asked to give a short speech along with a few others, Approximately 5 minutes. I was just wondering if anyone whose been through this might have any useful advice. Given the varied age group here I'd assume someone has...

Obviously I don't want to overshadow the speech of the best man but as a groomsman I want to do pretty well.
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Totally aim for overshadowing the best man! That'll teach your friend not to make you best man, right! Or maybe there is no rivalry there, in that case, I have nothing to contribute to this thread. Sorry.

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Actually you are correct. I just didn't want to come off sounding petty
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You could always go the funny route. Something like "You remember when we nailed that one-legged, syphaletic prostitute the day before you met your new wife?", etc.
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Hmm, as far as I can tell, generally the best man is supposed to give the best speech at these things. People merely expect the groom to be happy about finally being married.

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If it is a religious ceremony, you should include this line at some point in you speech:

"Jesus this, Moses that, Abraham hit me with a wiffle ball bat."

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5 minutes? That's going to be a long speech. My speech lasted maybe 3 minutes and my best man's on-the-fly speech was less than that (I forgot to tell him he had to make a speech, but it worked out pretty well).
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