Comments on: An Open Letter to the Best Man

By: Don’t work, just blog « BiB

Don’t work, just blog « BiB — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:16:47 +0000

[...] Actually, I have to thank a bit of comment spam for prompting me herewards as it was sent to the best man’s speech post from a while back and I need to say a few post-speech thank-yous.Well, first of all, I want to thank my mom and my dad… No, I don’t. What bollocks am I talking? I’ll leave that sort of thanking to Gwyneth, blubbing and all. No, I want to thank my intuition for dashing to the internet in times of crisis and putting out a bloggerly SOS for a bit of speechy advice. Pavvers, you really did save my bacon with this post. Not only was it printed out and taken to the other end of the world, it rocked me to sleep in the panic-stricken nights as the duty drew near. As I thought to myself, “I dunno what to do, I dunno what to do,” your words calmed me down and lulled me into an utterly false but necessary sense of security. By the time the big day drew near, I had your 11-step guide down to a t (and my speech off by heart, as you recommended. I had a cheat-sheet just in case but it got barely a glance). And I also want to thank all the people who commented on this post, especially anonymous Jon, who, I think, is a Kiwi in Australia. I followed your advice more closely than you might care to believe a blogger should, and it worked a treat. I went for a pretty unsalacious brand of speech in the end. Genitalia didn’t even get a look-in. And it was all received okayly enough. (But I won’t give up the day-job.) (Once I find a day-job.) (Plus I should thank all children present in the audience who laughed throughout anyway.) [...]

By: pdberger

pdberger — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:34:02 +0000

Well, Dezik, I mean come on…liukchik, Mr Shoulder Blades, etc…

And yup, that was my English-French translator. We had to give up after a while because it was becoming a little too long with all the speeches translated into English and French!

By: Dezik

Dezik — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:14:38 +0000

Paul Daniel Berger – whaddaya mean, I can’t? (If you were a Catholic, you’d even have been able to stick another one in there which you then forget as the religious fervour wanes) – I was thwarted from leaving a fantastically witty second comment yesterday by technicalia. I wanted to ask who the gentleman standing next to you was as you made your speech? Simultaneous translator? (French? Sign language?) Or your bodyguard? A stalker? Or just some random geezer?

By: mimi

mimi — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:03:15 +0000

hey

look in the post today – horrible picture of me, totally nasty angle. ugh.

By: pdberger

pdberger — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:14:28 +0000

Har har, William!

Erm, the Pavvers thing…yes…erm, well, you see Dezik and I studied Russian at university together and Dezik is one of those people who is incapable of calling anyone by their real name.

My name in Russian would be Pavel. But the diminutive—Pavlik—is much more…up Dezik’s street!

By: William

William — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:51:10 +0000

Paul, you are the best, man.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:11:31 +0000

What the hell is this “Pavvers” thing all about?

By: Dezik

Dezik — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:22:59 +0000

Pavvers, you utter hero. For the first time ever, I am going to PRINT OUT A BLOG ENTRY and keep it with me for future reference. The tips are greatly appreciated amd I am very pleased to hear the 5-6-minute rule. I thought I might have to keep going for 15 or so. Or, horrors, 20.

In a way, although I know I’ll be quaking from the moment I set foot on NZ soil, I’ve decided I should try to look forward to it. It’s a pretty big thing. Up there with having your BCG and losing your virginity. So I need to get it over and done with. (My ex, who likes to talk, is livid that he’s never been asked to be anyone’s Best Man ever.)

I’ll strictly follow the Pavvers 11-step programme and will keep you informed of my progress…