So I accepted the role of best man after my brother proposed to his girlfriend.

The way we've worked it out is that the happy couple to be make up a big list of things that need doing, and I get it all done without any of the fuss or annoyance spilling back at them, and keep everyone else involved in organising the thing in line. Like the producer on a movie set. Or a loan shark's enforcer. Both analogies have their advantages, and both get to wear black.

I don't get to make a speech, though.

Any tips for best men?

Bo"apart from slink off to play pool as I've been warned about that already"urne