Dear Members, Guests and Friends:
DTM Mary Helen launched us off in a multifaceted and marathonic Table Topics this morning. We found out that….
- TM Carmine sailed right through his second chance in life and is currently on his 5th chance, dutifully wearing a mask.
- I (Ana) avoid “If Onlys” and “What Ifs” because although hindsight is intelligent, once the past is gone, it’s gone.
- TM Marie likes “Right On” because it’s affirming and since the Age of Zoom, she has not had to use Google Maps again. Note: We were told by a certain millennial that the 2020 word is “That’s lit”.
- TM BeckyJo corrected my (Ana’s) un-Americanism by renting The Wizard of Oz (which I had not seen, to her horror) and a bucket of popcorn and making me watch it. Then, and only then, did I become officially American. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
- TM Jeff mused about UK’s parliament’s pesky habit of prefacing contentious issues, such as Brexit and fishing rights with “Hear Ye, Hear Ye”. Construe you, construe you too.
- TM Chris confessed that although she could be laying back and reading good books, she’s got blind ambition to finish writing a book and discovering if anyone is interested in it besides her immediate family. She’s considering joining Obsessive Writers Anonymous.
- Having construed that his Fellow Men have consistently messed things up, and totally based on New Zealand’s female PM’s results with the pandemic, TM Jim has changed his motto to Fellow Woman.
- TM Jose does Reality Checks many times a day – by running things by a trusted friend and only listening to scientific reports on tv and radio. If only the scientists could find a consensus!
- TM Tom was amazed at being asked about a fruitful experience. The best he can construe is acceptable, tolerable. Are we ever satisfied? He pondered.
- TM Aleta evokes memories of hugging other human beings. Connections rejuvenate the spirit. The old corporate slogan “Reach out and touch someone” has been replaced by “Reach out and Zoom someone.”
- DTM Kip was served a steaming cup of coffee in front of our very eyes by his loyal caterer. He confessed that once he’s awake, he’s obnoxiously happy, which is often misconstrued by grouches and grinches around him.
- TM Pam reminisced – and educated the millennial in the room – about landlines and long distance charges and how blurry our recollections and perceptions become. Luckily she doesn’t remember much of anything anymore.
Along came the prepared speeches….
- In her usual rich style, TM Pam took us on an exhilarating roller coaster ride of pumpkin seeds, bacchanal regattas, political masking and unmasking, skipping dreaded Thanksgiving dinners, getting bikini ready in our ripe old bodies…. She Won Best Speaker Award.
- DTM Kip entertained us by telling us how he confused mentoring with ministering and in the process, he hired shady characters who flawlessly soldered the wrong parts together and blew smoke at motherboards under cover of failed security clearances. He Won Most Improved Speaker Award.
As for evaluations….
- TM Carmine highly commended TM Pam for her amazingly high IQ which allows her to weave exquisitely intricate speeches and encouraged her to publish her speech and join Obsessive Writers Anonymous with TM Chris.
- TM Marie was thoroughly entertained with DTM Kip’s storytelling abilities and cautioned him about breathing too close to the mic – it’s creepy, although it fit very well with this particular thriller speech populated by stateless Lebanese characters. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
CONSTRUE,
To understand or explain the meaning of something in a particular way
Synonym – to interpet
Meeting Recording is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?
See you next week!
Ana I.
Recap Writer
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