Father of the Bride jokes for weddings in the month of May

The best thing you can do to keep any speech relevant and fresh is to have a few topical jokes thrown in to the mix. These should all be related to the day and occasion though; this isn't your audition for Have I Got News For You. Whether it's a public holiday, a chunk of tawdry celebrity gossip or a football team getting an absolute leathering; reference it if it fits the bill. Our selection of topical father of the bride speech jokes gets an update more often than a Windows operating system. See, topical right? Kinda.

Displaying 5 topical father of the bride speech jokes

  1. For weddings May 1

    Now, as (Bride) reminded us all this morning, it's May Day. So yeah, if you heard her shouting it over and over this morning, that's what that was about.

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  2. For weddings May 3

    I’ve been looking to see what happened on May 3rd in other years and I see that on this date in 1979 Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister so, for the first time ever, the UK became accustomed to there being a woman in charge of all the important decisions. Today’s a bit like that for you, isn’t it, (Groom)?

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  3. For weddings May 6

    Some of us in this room will have been alive to see Roger Banister break the four minute mile on this very day some sixty years ago. For those who weren't, I'll be replicating it later on, when I get my first glimpse of the final wedding bill.

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  4. For weddings May 17

    Did you know that on May 17th 1988 'Hello!' magazine was first published? Although this is one of the most lavish weddings I've been to, unfortunately, 'Hello!' wasn't interested in running a story on it. The Financial Times, on the other hand, was.

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  5. For weddings May 19

    As it's the FA Cup Final Weekend, I think it's worth remembering that our groom always dreamt of being a professional footballer. In fact, he wanted to be Maradona. Sadly, he had two left hands...

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