Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
We were happy to welcome our traveling Toastmasters, Chris, Jim G., Mary Helen and Jim D. Sounds like that old movie “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”. DTM Kip zoomed in from Western New York State, so we had a full house.
TM Aleta started us off with noteworthy idioms.
- TM Lois’s grocery shopping recently cost her an arm and a leg, so much so that she hobbled back to her car after such a debacle.
- TM Chris learned to keep her ear to the ground in Wyoming, where the bison – elsewhere known as buffalo- freely roam.
- TM Marie, a veteran of many childhood carnivals, recommends to keep your eye on the target and forget the prize – or else you’ll miss both.
- I, Ana, usually keep my head in the clouds, daydream and fantasize, and before you know it, the debacle happens when the Wyoming buffalo/bison come roaring through.
- TM Pam reminisced about the good old days when we could all lend a hand to one another, before the collective hyperawareness of those pesky free-floating germs.
- TM Jim G. has words on the tip of his tongue all the time and wakes up his spouse at 2 am to blurt out the wrong word which invariably causes an ignominious debacle. He Won Best Table Topics Award.
We were in for a real treat with the prepared speeches today…
- TM Jose, the speaker formerly known as The Hippy Of Montana, regaled us with a hilarious tale of his assimilation near-debacles and left us with a vivid picture of a city slicker in burgundy bell bottoms, an Afro do and a fur-collared leather coat buying ammo at the gas station. He Won Best Speaker Award.
- TM Tom expanded our knowledge of the inspirational story of Ann Sullivan and Helen Keller, who believed life is a daring adventure or it is nothing, and that worse than being blind is having sight but no vision – a condition which many of us suffer from at times.
- DTM Kip gave us insider tips of how to make the website look current by simply changing the dates and instructed us never to let engineers near the customers or we will definitely lose the sale. He’s a man with a plan!
As far as evaluations….
- TM Carmine praised City Slicker TM Jose for his entertaining, delightful and impactful speech which included use of a handy car survival kit – which is now needed to travel 10 miles on I-95.
- TM Paolo highlighted TM Tom’s clarity of diction and good choice of words which create visual stage charisma. Watch out for the light reflecting on your eyeglasses! He Won Best Evaluator Award.
- DTM Jim D. commented that DTM Kip avoided his usual levity and described the development of a plan – quite remarkable as Kip is currently out of his natural habitat.
The Word of the Day was
DEBACLE, noun
A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
Example: A debacle is a handy label for controversial situations. Based on our opinions, we pick and choose what we term a debacle and what we minimize or ignore, and hurl our gems at captive audiences.
Date to Remember: Humorous Speech Contest, September 9.
YouTube Link for today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj2yM_yKxzo
See you next week!
Ana I.
Recap Writer
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