Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Carmine started us off with some foreign proverbs. We thus learned that….
- Guest Brittany’s ego got bruised by the flexuous tree that got axed. She’d rather be a potato!
- TM Julie learned the hard way that you can’t count your chickens before the next-door predators snatch them before they hatch. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
- TM Randolph got caught in a self-imposed flexuous loop of quickly slowly hastening delaying postponing impulsivity that created a collective dizzy spell.
- TM BeckyJo talked about The Italian Game, one of the oldest Chess openings. Dating back to the the fifteenth century, the move was started by Italian players such as Damiano and Greco, hence its name ! ... As a consequence, a lot of lines in the Italian Games are made possible by this pressure on f7. The King and the Pawn (ie all of us) end up in the dust at the end, Italian or not.
- I, Ana, fondly reminisced about being a mouse with my teenaged daughters and throwing pool parties while The Cat (aka Hubby/Dad) was away on business.
In the prepared speeches…
- TM Lois talked about a special Thanksgiving started by the Pequot natives, who planted corn, squash and beans, nuts and fruits. For the main course, they shot deer, turkeys, and small game. Thus, they designed the Thanksgiving menu back in 1621. They invited the settlers who brought the marshmallows.
- TM Julie pointed out that every time we engage in conversation, we’re really in negotiation mode. Is it a game table? Or a garage sale table? Or the dinner table? In the latter, it’s best to be collaborative if you want to save your marriage and eat dinner in peace.
- TM Marie practiced follow the leader behavior until her parents told her to stay away from bridges. She is now reading Benedict’s Rule, which clearly states that to be worth following, you must drink Benedictine, a secret elixir / herbal liqueur produced in France by Benedictine monks while meditating. It’s flavored with twenty-seven flowers, berries, herbs, roots, and spices – great for digestion! She Won Best Speaker Award.
As far as evaluations….
- TM Paolo praised TM Lois for following prior suggestions, accurately positioning the lights and reading the notes in a flexous manner while preparing her Thanksgiving feast. He Won Best Evaluator Award.
- TM Pam admired TM Julie’s neutral and nondistracting background and her good use of hands – a virtually elusive art for most of us – and suggested she pick one negotiation table for specificity, instead of depicting The History Of The World in one single poster.
- DTM Kip pointed out that TM Marie made a big flexuous splash at the end of her speech and encouraged her to buy Teleprompter Pro. I bought one on his recommendation, too. Question to ponder at this point: Is Kip on their payroll? Hmmmm…..
The Word of the Day was
FLEXUOUS, adj
Having curves, turns or windings
Lithe or fluid in action or movement
Ex: If only they had been Toastmasters, The Beatles could have titled their song “The Long and Flexuous Road”….
Here is the link for today’s recording http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPcyDH3fZAc
See you next week!
Irreverently submitted,
Ana I.
Recap Writer
