Groom speeches are traditionally not. In fact, these are considered as the most serious of all wedding speeches. Nevertheless, many people appreciate funny groom speeches as these tend to hold the attention of the audience a while longer than the serious ones. But how does one recreate a very serious speech? Here are the dos and don’ts.

Do interject some funny one liners or anecdotes into the speech. Most people have some funny experiences which many people may find quite amusing. It is therefore likely that you too have some. So share your stories. While not everyone may laugh at a joke, it helps to know that humor is quite common for most. Be picky when it comes to jokes though. Don’t just crack a joke, choose discriminately the ones that won’t make anyone feel uncomfortable.

Do try to use a funny one liner. There are plenty of hilarious one-liners online which you can use. But, be careful to use the uncommon but really funny ones though and very away from tired one liners. A very common, even if a very funny, one liner usually fails to make people laugh because they already know exactly what it’s about. As much as possible, stay away from jokes that have sexual references (leave that for the best man, your speech should be a bit formal) and ones that talk about rings, rabbits and euphemisms that don’t make anyone giggle anymore.