Karen L. Greenberg answers: "Here are a few suggestions to which I hold
myself for jokes at weddings (and in other situations, too, most of the
time):
1) Don't make a mess that will take longer than 10 minutes to clean up.
Better yet, don't make a mess or cause damage unless you'll be there to help
clean up and are willing to pay for professional cleaning or repairs.
2) Make sure you can call off the joke if it just isn't funny.
3) Avoid causing the bride or groom public humiliation. Or keep the
practical jokes private if you want them to know that your sense of humor
does not prevail over your respect for their wedding celebration.
4) Be prepared to apologize profusely to the bride, the groom, or their
families if the joke is offensive to them. And be prepared to accept the
loss of a friend if you manage to offend your friend's spouse or family.
I am sure some people think that this spoils all the fun, but this still
leaves you free to do things like hide the groom's underwear and replace it
with a sequinned G-string, after all. (It might also be a good idea to tease
your friend about wedding pranks a little, just to find out whether he can
laugh at the idea. And, BTW, if you are not married, remember: what goes
around comes around. My husband's best friend was beginning to feel
creative, but that little reminder calmed him down quickly. ;-)) Personally,
I also prefer to avoid any hijinks immediately before and during the actual
ceremony. People can get nervous enough beforehand that something intended
to be kind and thoughtful may cause a mini-crisis, and especially if the
ceremony is religious, the risk of causing serious offense ("how could they
do that--in a CHURCH!") is too great for me to accept. (I did, however, tell
one friend about an idea my husband and I had for an inside-the-church joke.
They were considering using the disco theme from "Star Wars" as a
recessional, and we thought it would be too cool to have the people sitting
on the aisle stand up and create a gauntlet of light sabers for them to walk
under. We didn't do it, but the story was a good one.)"
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