Monday, March 01, 2021

 

Table Topics Questions

 All questions should be run though grammarly.com to check correct English. I was at a contest where the questions was: 'Everybody should love dog. Do you agree?' 

Those who spoke good English were at a disadvantage because they hesitated over the ambiguity.

 Was it about dogs as a species, dogs versus cats; or owning an individual pet? Some repeated the ungrammatical question.

 Other repeated it, corrected, as, 'Everybody should love dogs,' or, 'Everybody should love a dog'.

Some questions are even more challenging.

Sex

I was once asked, Should old people enjoy tantric sex? I had no idea what it was.

I was also asked, what's the best sex you've ever had.

The best answer I heard to a contest speech was to the question:

Advise boys at a school to use male contraceptives without using the names of any sex organ or the  word contraceptive.

The winner takled about have a brand new car you were proud of and keeping it covered with a protective plastic sheet, like an umbrella protects you from rain.

Kit Barritt
 . Yes. Once I gave a Topic " I cannot change the direction of wind but can always adjust my Sails to reach destination. "

And he spoke about Sales and Marketing.



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Friday, March 21, 2014

 

Puppets and Props Owned By Speaker Angela Lansbury

'How many puppets and props do you have?' asked the contest chair after my speech. Here are a few of them:
Laughing snowball (from Tesco at Christmas)

Sheep

Dog

Bear

Whale or shark?

Monkey

Hand puppet, policeman

Hand puppet

Hand puppet



Giant toy tortoise to illustrate being slow or procrastinating
Owl from Harry Potter Studio Tour shop.
I can put my hand inside him and turn his head.
When I press the top of the wing, he squeaks.

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