21st birthday speech

Help!! I've been asked by my friend to speak at her 21st birthday and don't know where to start. I want to make it witty and funny, embarress her ever so slightly but not too much as Gran and Grandad will also be there.
Please help me. How do I grab peoples attention right from the start?
Thank you

It is hard to give advice on birthday speeches without knowing the person involved. The main thing that I have observed over the years is to keep them short - it is you that is standing between athe audience and the rest of the party.

One of the best things to bring into a birthday speech are some amusing tales of your time together.

You could start with "I first met my friend..." or "I have known my friend since..."

It would probably be best to exclude the more bawdy moments of your time together, but stories of a few silly moments or some close scrapes can go down well.

If you get really stuck you could do an "On this day in history..." or "people who share this birthday with my friend include..."

I hope that this helps