Thursday, May 11, 2023

Idioms, Success or Failure and A Humorous Remembrance - a fun morning at EarlyBirds!



Dear Members, Guests and Friends,

TM Randolph inspired us with multifaceted idioms.  We were to find out that...

* TM Emmanuel grew up with a father who exemplified the best of both worlds - a hardworking good father to seven children.
* TM Pam is patiently waiting to see her kids get a taste of their own medicine when their kids become snotty teenagers.   Na-na-na-na-na.  She Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Chris does not bite the bullet.  She has the best of both worlds: she does what she likes and what she doesn't like... well... Jim believes that a happy wife is a happy life.
* DTM Mary Helen experienced a blessing in disguise by mildly spraining her ankle which led her to sleep in Emilio Estevez's quaint inn with a stranger from the Swiss Alps.
* TM Aleta does not mention M-A-C-B-E-T-H because it leads to unbroken legs in theater circles.
* I, Ana, fully believe that pigs can fly just as much as cats and dogs can rain any given day of the week.
* TM Jim G. lets many cats out of the bag and when he realizes it, he wishes the person to break a leg and stuff it in a box.
* TM Tom had the gain of drug-free kids by suffering the pain of being the taxidriver of (4) champion swimmers whose routine began at 4:30 am every morning.

In the prepared speeches...

* DTM Jim D.impressed us with his multilingual talent:  "Bon dia, buenos dias, good morning" which could never be equaled by Columbus, a slightly disoriented giggolo (see below)  who thought he could go East by travelling West in the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria - while being financed by a woman, Queen Isabella.
* We saw a replay, aptly screenshared by our SAA TM Marie, of the late DTM Kip encouraging us to be anarchists, to ignore the Pathways rules and stay in abeyance in Level III forever - the answer is to have FUN - or it's not Toastmasters!

Dates to Remember:   June 17 at 10:30 am HYBRID BRUNCH AT THE GULDS'..  If you're on Zoom, BYOM (Bring Your Own Mimosas).

The Word of the Day was

ABEYANCE, noun
temporary halt; suggests a state of holding or waiting.
Mostly used in unintelligible hearings regarding property rights.

Example: Till matters are resolved, this Word of the Day will be held in abeyance.  (If you don't get my drift, hold it in abeyance)...

Here's the link to the recording:  

See you next week!

Ana I.
Recap Writer

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