We have to make a "humorous" speech in a couple of hours, part of our obligation as a member of our college's Toastmasters' Club. We're not really feeling it, though. Not that we're nervous: Accustomed as we are to public speaking, nerves are seldom a problem. Quite the opposite, in fact: Insane overconfidence tends to bring us down. (Let that be a lesson to you, kids: Always prepare for everything, even if--especially if--you think it'll be easy.)
The way we see it, we speak in public virtually every day, to our classes if to no one else. As for material, well, we also write "speeches" all the time: You're reading one right now, Dear Readers. We can always go through past "Solipsists" ("Solipsi"?) and find something we can extrapolate into a 5 -7 minute monologue. Indeed, we think tonight's discourse will be a variation on "Escape from Cowtown" (6/14/10), which we've even rehearsed a bit.
No, the problem is, we just don't really feel like being funny tonight (as you can probably tell from the relative dearth of humor in today's post). Maybe we're just tired, maybe we're feeling a bit burned out, but we truly have no desire to bestir ourselves to try to make a bunch of judgmental strangers laugh.
Ah, well. The show must, apparently, go on. Wish us luck.
Solopsi. Before every single lecture I ever gave, I whispered to myself, "Showtime."
ReplyDeleteFirst: Which of you whispered "Showtime", and does Fosse know about it? Second: WHY must the show go on? Does a Deli owner say "The Delicatessen must go on?" (Moreover, what kind of ego does it take to assume that the show can't go on without US?)Finally: If you really need an hilarious speech, just repeat, word for word ANY Sarah Pallin speech she gave seriously.
ReplyDeleteOooh, making with the "an" before "hilarious." We're impressed.
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