Dear Members, Friends and Guests,
TM Aleta started us off with popcorn-style eulogies at the funeral of Captain Grammar, lying lifelessly before our very eyes.
- TM Pam reminisced about her favorite hero – Sleeping Beauty, who had to deal with Seven Dwarfs. All Pam’s granddaughter wants to know is why can’t Granma cook?
- DTM Kip embarked on a dissertation of daily deficiencies as a husband which ultimately took the life of the dearly departed Captain.
- TM Tom pointed out that the Captain called his ex-wives Plaintiffs since he has forgotten all their names. There’s just too much bourbon in Kentucky.
- TM Jeff is planning his bachelor party in St. Augustine where the Fountain of Youth recently gushes out bourbon.
- TM Jim G. does not imbibe bourbon and is Captain Grammar himself, alive and well.
- DTM Jim D. realized Captain Grammar died because he couldn’t follow Table Topic instructions, moved to Las Vegas and got heavily into debt. DTM Jim pondered if Captain Grammar was assisted by another in his demise – as he was unable to pay his EarlyBird dues…
- DTM Mary Helen was appalled at the emotionally frozen paid mourners at this wake, and stated that Captain Grammar died because of the current state of the grammar lexicon. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
Along came prepared speeches…
- TM Jeff accepted the Presidency of another Club where he wants to emulate a polifacetic member. He Won Best Speaker Award.
- In a tandem ride, TM Jose and TM Ana took us down their memory lane, back to high school in the ketchup-deficient, Wonderless Bread, ice-cube averse, free-flowing beer tap miniskirt universe that was Madrid in the 60s.
Regarding evaluations….
- DTM Kip encouraged TM Jeff to rally the troops to support him since they’re a captive audience anyway.
- DTM Mary Helen praised TM Jose’s presentation skills and how they evoked her own shared memories of miniskirts, long haired musicians, drugs and rock & roll. Tudo Bem, Tudo Bom, as they say in Portuguese. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
- TM Tom missed the sex part in drugs and rock & roll in today’s speech but is looking forward to enjoying the sprinkles on a chocolate frosted doughnut while listening to the sequel.
To add to the confusion, The Word of the Day was
LIE
As opposed to LAY, LIED, LAIN
Lay is a verb that commonly means “to put or set (something) down.” Lie is a verb that commonly means “to be in or to assume a horizontal position” (or “to make an untrue statement,” but we’ll focus on the first definition). In other words, lay takes a direct object, and lie does not. As for the misconceptions, well, when you look at the two verbs next to each other in different tenses, it becomes a bit more obvious where the confusion is.
Example: We hereby officially declare childhood nursery rhyme “As I lay me down to sleep” and myriads of songs such as “Lay, Lady, Lay” “As I lay down” FORMALLY CANCELLED.
Elections are next week! You must be present to decline. Just sayin’…..
link to recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VINws3Jxso
See you next week!
Ana
Recap Writer
After adjournment, Jim just had to play with the new "Immersive View" in Zoom. You need to have the most up-to-date app in order to see it - version 5.6.3 (Here's a short video on how to update Zoom)
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