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Originally posted by spookyfish
Okay. So this coming weekend, I may or may not be involved in certain traditional festivities involving a friend of mine from law school, which may or may not involve me getting up in front of a group of people who may or may not be drunk and speaking about/giving best wishes to said friend and said friend's significant other. Did I mention that the group of people of whom I am speaking may or may not be friends or relatives of my friend and said friend's significant other? Did I also mention that I don't actually know many of these people besides said friend and said friend's significant other?
I am a little rusty in terms of what makes a good speech/best wishes message for such an event, and I'm interested in hearing any suggestions about how this might be as meaningful/painless for everybody as possible.
Did I also mention that I may or may not be drunk by then and I am trying to avoid any catastrophes of Costanzian proportions?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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If these people are drunk they want to hear at least 1 funny story concerning you and the friend. Maybe even one that includes the significant other. And hopefully, slightly embarassing - but not too embarrassing.
And if they're drunk they'll have a short attention span. Plan your speech as if Sebby were there. You'll be able to predict exactly when people will tune out. That's when you say "thank you, good night."
