Speech by tony manning

Speech Type: Best man
Speech Creator: tony manning
Speech Date: 12/07/2013 21:31:52

Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you who don't know me my name's Tony I am the best man alongside Cliff. But I drew the short straw and got the speech. I was honoured when Darren asked me to be his best man, I had presumed everyone else had said no. but on a serious note it means a lot to me to be here. I would like to thank Laura on behalf of the bridesmaids for picking them as I'm sure it is an honour to be part of this memorable occasion for them too. And I'm sure we all agree on the bridesmaids look lovely. This is it then… If there is anybody else here who is feeling, worried, nervous or apprehensive [PAUSE] it is probably because you just married DARREN so here I am, and where do I start? I first met Darren in primary school. In fact we were that young we were 4 years old in playgroup and reception. But back then Darren was the skinny fast kid in school unlike me who has always had this lovely figure. Me and Darren went all through all of primary and secondary school together sharing most classes and giving teachers hell. However this lead to us mostly in the bottom classes failing. Darren more so as he felt they need to copy off of me in between his girly giggling.  Things didn't get much better either, as alcohol entered a life shortly after. Darren held a house party when we were younger while his mum and dad was away. People got that drunk they used household ornaments as legal tender to buy burgers at the drive thru. Then Darren realised what his mum would do to him so we had to negotiate them back. Sorry Sheila I don't think you knew about this.  I got myself a flat and apparently a lodger living rent free. He would drink my beer and eat my food and at times I would have to get his mother to evict him from the premises. Thanks Sheila. It's not all bad though as Darren was there when I met my wife, even though he spent a drunken 30mins singing let it be to her with himself on repeat. We both have many antics and stories most of them start at rock and bowl were we used to drink before a night out. This is where Darren met Laura and she soon put him on the straight and narrow. They went on to have two lovely children and I was honoured for the first time when Darren and Laura asked me to be godfather to their daughter. However there is one thing Laura hasn't sorted and that's darkens poor driving habits android rage.  for those of you that don't know we had a great stag do in Leicester that evolved Darren getting abused, drunk to the point he couldn't stand and resulting in not getting home till 5am and him being sick. I would like to say thanks to Laura and her family for letting Darren into your life, otherwise he might still be on my sofa. I ask you all now to join me in a final toast to the future happiness of the bride and groom. To Mr and Mrs Binder. May their life together bring them much happiness for them and their children. You both look great and here's to great day. Cheers