Ok so, I'm joint best man at a wedding next year.

My mate Harvey moved to Germany a couple years back and is now marrying a German girl.

The wedding is in Germany so half the guests won't speak English.

How do we do the best man speech?

lol talk about the war. and the jews. lol

lol talk about the war. and the jews. lol

 

Don't mention the war but if you do happen to, just the once, you may get away with it :biggrin:

lol talk about the war. and the jews. lol

 

Apparently I'm not allowed to. :-\

 

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lol talk about the war. and the jews. lol

 

Apparently I'm not allowed to. :-\

Not looking for subject matter more how on earth do we do it!

2 people, 2 lannguages and neither of us speak German.

not sure on how ya do it but for gods sake dont mention the war

 

 

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best man is all about telling stories to embarrass the groom. That's your job concerning the speach. so thinking if they are from Germany they might not ever have met him.. photographs from his past. that solves the language barrier.and should give everyone a laugh.

best of luck.

Say "Ich liebe deine lederhosen" - that'll go down well

not sure on how ya do it but for gods sake dont mention the war

 

 

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LOL - Brilliant Allan.....

 

.....How are you war you war you war you all....?

 

Works for me!!!

 

Richard:laugh:

pictures is a bloody good idea. but i think you will find far more of them will speak english than you think esp if you speak slowly. how about you do a slide show get a german speaking person to add subtitles for you so yoir sort of well subtittled in german.

Do a power point demo wae pics nd jerri wording with english under neath...:laugh::euro:

As above:

 

- don't mention the war(s)

 

- don't mention the '66 World Cup

 

- don't mention the fact that his mrs has arm bits that look like a gorillas back

 

- or that his new mother inlaw has similar arms pits but with a 40 year head start

 

- thank them for their Liebfraumilch and Blu Nun (then comment on the fact that his mrs is very unlikely to pass the Nun/convent chastity test *emphasis that part of that is your fault, so you're happy to share the blame with the groom....wink, wink...*take another swig of the afformentioned wines straight out of the bottle...belch and move onto page two of your speech)

 

- highlight that on a serious note their cars are pretty good and go for years and years without a full service (again...mention similarities with the grooms new mother inlaw at this point)

 

- finish off with a genuinely tearful heart felt toast to the bride and groom....end of an era etc.....no more Bankok lady boys for you mate (give your mate a manly hug!)

 

and more importantly, make sure that all of that ^^^^^ is on video so we can all have a good laugh when/if you get out of the hospital

Maybe Stan Boardman could help?

 

when i do speeches i never mention what you did years ago as most people dont give a shit tbh,unless the story is prime material dont use it,people will be bored in no time,you have around 7 minutes on average before people get bored,use it to rip him to shreds its what best men do and thats what its all about,just spend the time mocking him,make sure you pause between gags,gains you time and makes your speech look longer,wait for the audience to stop laughing before continuing,if a gag goes bad swiftly move on.

Forget the speech,just use the time between now and then trying to convince your mate not to marry a Kraut:rofl::rofl:

Forget the speech,just use the time between now and then trying to convince your mate not to marry a Kraut:rofl::rofl:

 

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Fantastic input lads.

Any ideas how two people go about giving the speech?

Somebody on here must've had joint best man duties before...?

Yeah, you organise the stag night. Leave the speech to the other best man!!

some good ideas there... lol....

 

I like the idea of pictures / projector / powerpoint.

 

maybe one of you could do the speech and the other organised the pics ans work the projector, surely these two different activities would be one of you better.

 

it may be a good idea to get the speech translated into German and hand out cards to the German speakers just before the speech starts.

 

the alternative as mentioned by someone else is to have a translator, that would be a more elegant solution but you will need some time to sort it out and get the speeches to stop and start at convenient times (i.e. for delivery of punch lines.. nothing worse than only half the audience laughing).... Mmmm do Germans laugh anyway?.. just kidding..

however do remember that their humor is different and so you really need input from a German speaker.

 

best of luck... glad it's not me.. :)

Yeah, you organise the stag night. Leave the speech to the other best man!!

 

Perfect :thumbup:

to be honest most germans will speak pretty good english so id just talk a little slower and think more michael palin than mike brewer when talking lol

I wouldnt worry about the Germans not understanding, every time ive been to Germany everyone apart from the really old folks speak and understand English perfectly well.

 

You could always have a translation on a projector going along at the same time your speaking

You could always have a translation on a projector going along at the same time your speaking

 

I think that would be considered insulting, my guess is most Germans talk better English then the........erm English, I sometimes have the misfortune to catch a bit of Eastenders....innit :biggrin:

i swear i just said both those things lol. hows the car dave?

Still knocking. Got some bottom end bearings on order. Hoping that's the problem and there's no other damage. Slowly ruling out the easy fixes before biting the bullet and pulling the engine. Hoping it won't come to that.

ah right, tbh mate pulling it is really not that bad once you get the induction piping and the rad out there is alot more room. its just a case of being methodical and taking your time. mines out atm still...