Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
Topicmaster Tom started us with American idioms, and we learned that…
- TM Pam no longer knows what roughing it means. Finding a blemish on a lettuce leaf at the grocery store is the closest she comes to roughing it.
- Visiting TM Denis took us on a descriptive sailboat ride on the Atlantic Ocean when cats and dogs started raining during a squall. He Won Best Table Topics Award.
- DTM Jim D. knows his retirement is over and done with for the 7th time. It’s simply an ineffable concept that totally eludes him.
- TM Marie learned to fly to take her mind off her pesky pregnancy. Her first solo was such an ineffable feeling so her motto became fly by day, fly by night, fly anytime.
- TM Jose is bright eyed and bushy tailed after partying all night because Madrid does not believe in EarlyBird risers. The sidewalks aren’t even set up until later in the morning.
- TM Joe settles on something because he’s impatient and can’t stand the uncertainty of pondering on issues. It’s made for some ineffable choices.
In prepared speeches….
- TM Tom thinks Pathways has an intrinsic design flaw. They use the term ‘launch’ loosely – and then what? It’s ineffable but not much more. Hearty congratulations is what’s missing!
- The undersigned (Ana the Recap Writer) recapped 70 years of life into a 5 minute and 40 second speech. I’ve had a lot of practice. I Won Best Speaker Award.
- DTM Kip is an aficionado of Toastmasters, wine, movies and travel. He’s shed his Southern self-image emerging from a bucket of fried chicken. Instead, he’s become a latte-sipping liberal.
As far as evaluations….
- TM Aleta praised TM Tom for his motivational determination to decipher Pathways. She suggested he look more at the camera and use more gestures.
- TM Joe really liked my (Ana)’s speech. He is now officially a member of my fan club. Bribery pays.
- TM Pam highlighted DTM Kip’s ability to focus on the internal rather than the external and reminded him it’s not PC to say Injuns anymore. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
INEFFABLE, adj.
Incapable of being expressed or described in words.
Example: The word of the day was used very frequently at the ineffable meeting today.
We are deeply grateful to our Tech Gurus, TM Jim and Chris G., for battling low bandwiths, internet (and at times mental) instability, dull backgrounds and other minutae and ineffably joining our meeting today all the way from unknown but highly scenic Bushnell, Florida.
TM Joe G. will represent us at the Humorous Contest on Saturday October 10 at 9 am EST. Please show your support and contact our latte-sipping liberal icon in the North Carolina cabin for login info. Good luck, Joe, and have fun!
See you next week!
Ana I.
Recap Writer
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