Except, at this wedding, everyone would probably have appreciated it if you'd stood up and said "STOP! The groom[1] may not be atomic!"
They might have appreciated the joke but I bet they wouldn't have appreciated having to wait until the next day to be married! We were told by the Chaplain who married us that we should make sure none of our friends would try anything jokey at the "Does anyone know any reason why these two should not be lawfully wed" bit, because if anyone says anything, even if it's obviously a joke, the wedding is not allowed to go ahead that day.
At another wedding, my son, who was 10 weeks old at the time, chose that moment of slightly scary silence after that question to say "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa". Cue me sinking into the floor. Fortunately the minister chose to ignore the comment.
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They might have appreciated the joke but I bet they wouldn't have appreciated having to wait until the next day to be married! We were told by the Chaplain who married us that we should make sure none of our friends would try anything jokey at the "Does anyone know any reason why these two should not be lawfully wed" bit, because if anyone says anything, even if it's obviously a joke, the wedding is not allowed to go ahead that day.
At another wedding, my son, who was 10 weeks old at the time, chose that moment of slightly scary silence after that question to say "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa". Cue me sinking into the floor. Fortunately the minister chose to ignore the comment.