Your best mate has asked you to be his best man at his upcoming wedding, and your initial feeling of pride has now given way to knuckle-gnawing nerves -- how are you going to do this? How can you stand up in front of all those people, give a good best man speech and -- perhaps most important of all -- how are you going to make it funny? The best man's speech is supposed to be funny, right?

Calm down! Making funny best man speeches is easy if you follow a few simple tips. What's more, making your speech humorous can help to calm your own nerves on the day. Here are some tips you need to keep in mind:

Push home your advantage: You are the groom's best friend, so you have a wealth of background material to draw from. You don't want to embarrass him too much; all you need are one or two humorous events from his past that you can describe without a convoluted explanation. Consult one or two relatives to check it is appropriate and that you will still be his best friend afterwards!

Addiction; a word often used in a derogatory manor and one which is seen to be dirty, and as a result we frown upon and take pity among those who are enslaved by this state or those who are indeed addicted. However should the barriers and patterns of our society restrict meanings of certain words? By definition an addiction is a compulsive behaviour that you cannot control or relinquish in spite of its destructive consequences. Now can it be argued that the recreational activity of playing games consoles is an addiction? Well I argue that it can and it is thus meaning that the consequences of which are destructive; surley not? It is true to much gaming can cause arthritic pain to the thumb, cause shortshited (sightedness) and even bring on the perils of migraines!! Of course these are perfectly normal symptoms and could just as easily be obtained by wanking in a hot room with the lights off; nevertheless the evidence is there excessive gaming can be harmful however minuscule the side effects unless you play games for a living then i suppose you would consider them detrimental. It began in the seventy's (The bloody seventy's) 1972 to be precise; a very clever man by the name of Ralph Baer ( had to be a fucking Ralph) came up with an ingenious invention the first ever video game console! It was called Magnavox odysey, commonly referred to as the 'odysey'. However the success of this console however infinitive was not so grand but the aftermath of what was to come very much was and this failure of a success invention become the primitive mother of all consoles to come.