Speech by Jamie Harrison

Speech Type: Best man
Speech Creator: Jamie Harrison
Speech Date: May 2002
Start——For those of you that do not know me my name is Jamie

Along with the rest of the good wishes, I'd like to thank Debbie for looking so stunning today, that's the best I've seen her looking in the morning for a long time.

Also thanks to the parents, family and friends for all the hard work they've put into making this such a cracking day.

SO with that said, I'd like to extend a warm welcome on behalf of the family and friends to Mr and Mrs Michael O'Keefe.

Well to be honest I would have thought mike would have spoken for longer today.. as that was probably his last opportunity to speak for any length of time without interruption. Sorry debs

Firstly, cheers mike, for purposely changing your wedding day to land on the FA cup final day, that was two of my favourite teams playing too. Arsenal Chelsea.

They say the best man's speech should last about as long as it takes him to do his manly duty in bed. (pause) So that's me finished (sit) I wish, anyway

Mike was born 18-march-69 at musgrove hospital in Taunton where I understand he came prematurely. Do i really need to finish- oh-ok so there is no change there!

As you all probably know, mike's likes his practical jokes, recently he texted me to get in touch with a friend working in London, regarding his stag day, all perfectly above board, mike conveniently provided me with a contact number for him, you can imagine my surprise when I was connected to number ten downing street, I've never slammed a phone down so quick in my life, I spent the rest of that evening waiting for MI5 to knock on my front door, cheers for that mate. Also I think he got Darren with that one, but there were a few people who didn't sucker for this one, blake nice one mate, I think we've got mike's dad to thank for starting him off on that one.

It's nice to see mike's luck is finally changing, for the better I might add, Brand new wife, beautiful little boy, lovely house and a good job, But it hasn't always been like that, has it mate, ———

Mike drives thousands of miles a year with his job as an air conditioning engineer, and a lot of his work is in hospitals, and he tells some great stories, normally morgue related, but we'll not go into those stories today, instead I'll tell you about the time he was on the roof of a hospital doing his thing—- when all of a sudden he heard voices, it turns out he's on top of one of the operating theatres, and the surgeon had to stop in the middle of an opp to tell him to shut up, apparently, although it was mikes idol Dave Beckham, having his foot worked on, so if England fail to deliver this year, you'll know who to blame, then he gets a call from his office to go to a hospital and repair the air con unit on an M.R.T scanner, serious stuff, Mike duly arrives, announces himself, and is led to the MRT room, only to find it in perfect working order, he cant work it out, then suddenly it dawns on him, this is frenchay hospital isn't it?, no says the nurse, this is Yeovil hospital,– close, I think not mate!

Do you remember this quote—Mike O`Keefe, 26, said he can put up with it—as long as robin doesn't get there, too, This relates to an orphaned pipistrelle bat that Debbie was looking after,

Please look on your tables for a white laminated card and turn it over, if you haven't already, please draw your eyes away from the pictures for a moment and concentrate on the last paragraph, and with quotes like that, I think it's conclusive proof that he should have been a tabloid reporter, he obviously has a natural vocation for it, well at lest give it try, I mean he's tried every other job on the planet, right,

Mike's been dropping hints for a while that he wanted to get married to Debbie —–The one that really hit home for me, was the time that Mike Wrote the words "I love you" on the last sheet of toilet paper. Which is nice, yeh? Mind you I don't think she was that impressed considering what she did with it once she'd read It.!!!

TELEGRAMS / CARDS.

IMPORTANT:
A couple of things you should remember for the future

—–It's always very important to get on with your Mother in Law. I didn't speak to mine for the first year of my marriage. It wasn't that I didn't like her – I was just too polite to interrupt.

The best way to remember you wedding anniversary is to forget it once.

Mike and debs have been on several adventures and travelled the world together; let this marriage be their biggest adventure yet.

And lastly a personal thanks to you both from myself, Tina and charlotte for a memorable day