Father of the Bride jokes for weddings in February

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 8 topical father of the bride speech jokes

  1. For weddings February 7

    Today is the anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Fittingly, we all have Great Expectations for (Groom) and (Bride). Let's hope they never fall on Hard Times and I know they'll never keep a Bleak House.

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  2. For weddings February 11

    Today is the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release following 27 years in captivity. Mandela was taken from his friends, held against his will by an oppressive regime, and often verbally abused. (Groom), it would be cruel and rather tasteless of me to compare this to your marriage with (Bride). And anyway, there's a major difference. You're never going to see a rugby match again.

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  3. For weddings February 10

    It seems very appropriate that our hot couple have married on the day that, back in 1863, Alanson Crane invented the fire extinguisher, let's hope their marriage contains plenty of fire and neither one of them is ever "put out".

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  4. For weddings February 14

    There’s nothing like a wedding around Valentine’s Day. Not only is everybody already feeling romantic for the big day, but also it drastically reduces the likelihood of (Groom) forgetting his anniversary in years to come.

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  5. For weddings February 14

    Valentine's Day - the annual celebration of love for the one you hold most dear. And the time when flowers, hotels, limos and restaurants are at their most dear….

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  6. For weddings February 14

    Although today is best known as Valentine's Day it is also the anniversary of the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, so it seems appropriate that today is the day when (Bride) and (Groom) give each other a ring.

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  7. For weddings January 1 - February 28

    Well the weather may be cold and wet, but I'm sure we can warm things up a bit. For one thing, my speech is full of hot air, so that should help…

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  8. For weddings January 1 - February 28

    The severe weather warnings are out this week. They're telling motorists to pack an old blanket and fresh food, to beg a loan of a shovel from a neighbour, and to carry plenty of de-icer. So that's something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue…

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