Wolverine Wedding Toast

Submitted by VAWolverine on
In November 2006 I was a best man for the first time in my life. The groom and I are huge Michigan fans, as is his entire extended family. I put a lot of time and effort into trying to develop a special wedding toast fitting for the bride and groom but had run into a creative brick wall. Then I heard the melody to the Victors and this is what popped into my head: Hail to (Groom's first name) and (Bride's first name) Hail to this loving couple Hail! Hail! to the to the (couple's last name) May you pass every test Hail to (Groom's first name) and (Bride's first anme) Hail to these newlyweds Hail! Hail! to the (couple's last name) God see that they are blessed Needless to say this is one of the best toasts that I have ever given. I led up to the toast by saying it was adopted from a famous college football fight song that was written by a man from South Bend, IN in the late 1800's. then I began the toast. I thought I would share this with other Mgobloggers. If you use this, don't credit me...credit Louis Elbel. Go Blue!
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GOBLUE4EVR

January 7th, 2010 at 2:42 PM ^

for reminding me of that...LOL if my wife brings it up when she gets home i'm going to neg bomb you.... :) update on that... the hotel cut us a check $1000.00 and then my wife sent a email to the corporate office to bitch some more....

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Beavis

January 7th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^

Thought that was your story. My memory is great for remembering the stupid stuff but average at best at the intricate details. I'm assuming $1G wasn't enough to cover the damage? (I'd bet beyond holy hell all the gifts combined cost a lot more than that, but don't remember how many were damaged)

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GOBLUE4EVR

January 7th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^

right, that was my day after my wedding story... the reason why i said the stuff about my wife bringing it is because she hasn't said anything about it in 2 weeks or so and life is much easier when she doesn't.... we didn't get that many gifts, we got more cards with money. so the grand was more than enough to cover what was damaged. it was really funny when i had to write a thank you to my friend and his wife who gave us a gift and card with money. the thank you card said "thank you for the generous gift of money that was stolen and the gift that was broken"....

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Zonereadstretch

January 7th, 2010 at 2:59 PM ^

"GOBLUE4EVR;" Was married this past summer in the heart of OSU country...my wife's entire family are die hard Buckeye fans, excluding her of course. My father-in-law thought he had me on the day of the wedding as it rained early on and he had the ushers escort all the guests in under OSU umbrellas. Kicker was I had planned for just my wife and I to walk into our reception to "The Victors;" It goes with out saying that her family and the predominant OSU fan base stood up and put their fists in the air every time "hail" was shouted…had to for the bride and groom. One of many highlights of the day; topped off by a surprise groomsman cake from my wife of the winged helmet. P.S. Will try to post a pic of the cake in a few still trying to figure out via mgoboards faq section how to do so.

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mgoblue7

January 7th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^

I got married this past summer, unfortunately I couldn't convince my wife to have anything Michigan related, but she surprised me with a grooms cake shaped like the winged helmet. Photobucket

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Giff4484

January 7th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^

in your family's! My aunt and I are the only 2 from my family and the rest are PSU. My Fiance's family is PSU and Bowling Green so I don't see how my wedding will have any Michigan in it.... that cake is sick and maybe I will get a Michigan cake. I doubt my bestman will do anything from the Victors because he is a PSU alumn but he does cheer for Michigan outside of the PSU game so maybe? My fiance does get how much I love Michigan and always buys me pretty cool Michigan gear and gifts but I think her dad may pass out at the wedding if we busted out the Victors. The great part about her is she went to Mercyhurst so I'm not marrying a Penn St or Ohio st grad. Go Blue!

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turbo cool

January 7th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^

2 of my best childhood friends (and college roommates) are getting married this summer and i'll surely have to do a toast. But, since we're still young, only 2 years out of school, all of the inside jokes we have are extremely disgusting and vulgar. So I don't know what to do. CHEERS!

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VAWolverine

January 7th, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^

some advice from Uncle VAWolverine (trust me I'm a doctor)- use the speech I used above. Keep it totally classy. You can use all of the disgusting stuff at the bachelor party! Someone will be filming the toast more than likely anyway.

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turbo cool

January 7th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^

Yeah I would never actually say those things and be that guy. It will probably be something cheesy to get some laughs out of their wives and families. Then afterwards, when it's just the guys talking, they'll thank me for not elaborating on the dumb shit we used to do when the girlfriends and families weren't present.

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MileHighWolverine

January 7th, 2010 at 5:09 PM ^

Here is one I heard that has always stuck with me: Here's to lying, cheating, stealing, and drinking. If you lie, may you lie together. If you cheat, may you cheat the devil. If you steal, may you steal each other's hearts. And if you drink, may we all drink to your happiness. It works best if you leave a long dramatic pause after the first line . . . and then hit'em with the rest. brings down the house everytime.

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