# I need tricks to play on my best friend on his wedding day.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 10, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250 "2003-08-10T20:59:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250/41 "2003-08-13T15:26:57Z")

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Chill, DG. The car was just down the hill, in plain sight. I took a grand total of three minutes for the groom to walk down and pull the car around. And _he_ still snickers about it. Quietly, though, so his wife won’t hear him and give him hell about encouraging us.

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**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250/42 "2003-08-13T15:43:23Z")

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Simple but effective: Offer to polish the groom’s shoes. He’ll be glad of the help.

But, paint (in chalk, tippex, white-out or whatever) the letters “HE” on the left sole, and “LP” on the right.

When the bride and groom kneel for the blessing (or communion, if it’s that kind of wedding), he will display the soles for the congregation to see…

Cue suppressed sniggers.

(Seen it done - it’s pretty hamless, but funny!)

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250/43 "2003-08-13T20:03:45Z")

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I’m with **DogMom**. If you must do something, make it cute and harmless.

Honestly, this thread is making me seriously consider eloping if I ever get married.

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**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-tricks-to-play-on-my-best-friend-on-his-wedding-day/194250/44 "2003-08-15T03:57:07Z")

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I did say I don’t want to be mean or cruel, didn’t I? Let me check… yep, I did. No mean or cruel. Interrupting the ceremony = mean. Degrading someone on there wedding day = cruel. There, now does everyone feel better now. :rolleyes:

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