UKIP - Funny story

marcus · 04-07-2008, 02:36 PM

I was at a wedding recently and the Best man had to make a speech and the first 2 minutes were very good - Thanking everybody some nice jokes.
However he had had a little bit too drink. Bearing in mind this was just a normal wedding, not a ukip event or anything like that. He suddenly went of on this tangent, and said it is a very happy day but is anyone really prepared to talk about the elephant in the room. The fact that 75% of our laws aren't even made in Westminster, they are made somewhere eles. - in brussels by unelected. etc etc. And this is an organisation who's accounts have not been signed of for the last 13 years in a row.. etc etc He went on for ages, you should have seen the audiences face. I mean you have to admit there is a time and place? A couple of people had been late to the wedding stuck in traffic. The best man even somehow tied that in with uncontrolled immigration. That this wasn't voted on in Westminster. The only 3 UKIP MEPs warned about expanding to the east. The freedom of move of goods and services between countries is one thing, but having the freedom of moment of peoples with vastly differing GDPs is madness.

I mean Can you imagine using your best man speech as a plaform for the EU. Probably not the best platform huh. I couldn't stop laughing though, I mean people were in absolute shock. For the wrong reasons of course. I mean what was this guy thinking?

Anthony Butcher · 04-07-2008, 03:42 PM

Your first mistake was inviting Nigel Farage to be the best man....

marcus · 04-07-2008, 04:10 PM

Well I mean this guy was obviously a great admirer of Farage because these lines are extracts straight from speeches. It was like he was caught in spell. You have to of been there, people were not happy particularly the groom that he had used the best man speech as a vehicle for that. He even went into the details of having a proper work permit system, we can not control our own immigration system and stay part of a european union etc etc. It was just a bizarre setting for it.

It could almost be a skit. Your at church and the priest suddenly says is anyone prepared to talk about the fact that 75% of our laws.......

harryaldridge · 04-07-2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

Your first mistake was inviting Nigel Farage to be the best man....

A lot of UKIP members have no concept of 'time and place'. A lot have no concept of proportionality either. I would have sunk into my chair and hoped it was a dream, if i had been there! Certainly weddings and funerals are not the occasion to launch an attack on the EU.

Mikeuk · 04-07-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by harryaldridge

A lot of UKIP members have no concept of 'time and place'. A lot have no concept of proportionality either. I would have sunk into my chair and hoped it was a dream, if i had been there! Certainly weddings and funerals are not the occasion to launch an attack on the EU.

Quite true, which is why Cameron's 'fruitcake' gibe struck home. I never talk about politics at social gatherings and very few people other than my closest friends know that I have any political connnections whatsoever.

I have been to quite a few weddings over the years but have never attended one at which the best man disgraced himself with an improper speech. Reading the papers one gathers that is quite normal nowadays.

Incredible!

If my best man had done any such thing he would have been out for the count.

Anthony Butcher · 04-07-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikeuk

Quite true, which is why Cameron's 'fruitcake' gibe struck home. I never talk about politics at social gatherings and very few people other than my closest friends know that I have any political connnections whatsoever.

I am the opposite. I am well known as a political bore. My partner/girlfriend/cariad (never know what term to use) even warns people in advance of meeting me

Mikeuk · 04-07-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

I am the opposite. I am well known as a political bore. My partner/girlfriend/cariad (never know what term to use) even warns people in advance of meeting me

Amazing

My wife becomes very angry if anything like that arises. I would suffer from perpetual kicked shins.

She hates UKIP anyway.

douglas denny · 04-07-2008, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

I am the opposite. I am well known as a political bore. My partner/girlfriend/cariad (never know what term to use) even warns people in advance of meeting me

Try paramour.
Quite a nice word. Not used much. Gets everyone guessing.

DED.

Alex McKee · 04-07-2008, 08:25 PM

I only talk about politics if it comes up although of course those who are interested in politics may see connections to political discussion where others do not.

A best man speech is definitely no place for that.

I attended a funeral recently and the Canon used the opportunity to attack the materialism of the modern world. It did not impress me. A funeral was hardly the place to make a lengthy sermon about materialism.

Anthony Butcher · 04-07-2008, 09:16 PM

Although I haven't mentioned politics in a best man's speech, I was once introduced (as I stood up to give the speech) as the MP for the Woodspring constituency. Apparently my so called friend thought that it would be funny to throw me off my stride immediately by having to explain that I am not an MP... leaving many confused faces in the audience.

04-07-2008, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
marcus Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 203	UKIP - Funny story - wedding Best man speech I was at a wedding recently and the Best man had to make a speech and the first 2 minutes were very good - Thanking everybody some nice jokes. However he had had a little bit too drink. Bearing in mind this was just a normal wedding, not a ukip event or anything like that. He suddenly went of on this tangent, and said it is a very happy day but is anyone really prepared to talk about the elephant in the room. The fact that 75% of our laws aren't even made in Westminster, they are made somewhere eles. - in brussels by unelected. etc etc. And this is an organisation who's accounts have not been signed of for the last 13 years in a row.. etc etc He went on for ages, you should have seen the audiences face. I mean you have to admit there is a time and place? A couple of people had been late to the wedding stuck in traffic. The best man even somehow tied that in with uncontrolled immigration. That this wasn't voted on in Westminster. The only 3 UKIP MEPs warned about expanding to the east. The freedom of move of goods and services between countries is one thing, but having the freedom of moment of peoples with vastly differing GDPs is madness. I mean Can you imagine using your best man speech as a plaform for the EU. Probably not the best platform huh. I couldn't stop laughing though, I mean people were in absolute shock. For the wrong reasons of course. I mean what was this guy thinking? Last edited by marcus; 04-07-2008 at 02:40 PM.

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Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,665	I only talk about politics if it comes up although of course those who are interested in politics may see connections to political discussion where others do not. A best man speech is definitely no place for that. I attended a funeral recently and the Canon used the opportunity to attack the materialism of the modern world. It did not impress me. A funeral was hardly the place to make a lengthy sermon about materialism. __________________ Anything I post on this web forum is my personal opinion only. Users on Ignore list: None.

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Anthony Butcher Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Long Ashton, Bristol Posts: 9,823 Party: None	Although I haven't mentioned politics in a best man's speech, I was once introduced (as I stood up to give the speech) as the MP for the Woodspring constituency. Apparently my so called friend thought that it would be funny to throw me off my stride immediately by having to explain that I am not an MP... leaving many confused faces in the audience. __________________ If you care about what's in your food and where it comes from, then get it labelled! Label My Food - http://www.labelmyfood.org.uk

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04-07-2008, 04:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
marcus Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 203	Well I mean this guy was obviously a great admirer of Farage because these lines are extracts straight from speeches. It was like he was caught in spell. You have to of been there, people were not happy particularly the groom that he had used the best man speech as a vehicle for that. He even went into the details of having a proper work permit system, we can not control our own immigration system and stay part of a european union etc etc. It was just a bizarre setting for it. It could almost be a skit. Your at church and the priest suddenly says is anyone prepared to talk about the fact that 75% of our laws.......