What is funny about kendo

Brian Christiansen · Guest

I am going to give a speech about some things that happen in my kendo class,
with an attempt to put a humourous spin on them. When I give the speech, I
will be wearing my hakama (http://www.kungfu4less.com/hakama.html) when I
give the speech. I will actually talk about the hakama and use it as a
"prop," not just for comic effect.

Well, any way, Ithought of 3 different ways of opening the speech:

1. "You may have been wondering about this outfit that I have on. I did
not wear it because I thought it looked cool. I don't the Fonz could make
this look cool, let alone me..."

2. "You may have been wondering about this outfit that I have on. You might
be thinking that I am perhaps lost on going to an anime
cosplay(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay) convention..."

3. "You may have been wondering about the outfit that I have on. Perhaps
you are thinking that Kuno-baby(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatewaki_Kuno)
from Ranma 1/2(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD) is a big hero of
mine..."

Option #3 just past through one ear and out the other, because I figured
that at most 1 or 2 people in the audience would get the reference, unless I
present the speech at an actual cosplay convention. I decided to go with
option #2.

However, I gave the speech as practice to my mom, dad, and sister. After I
gave it, my sister asked "what is anime," where I explained that anime is
Japanese cartoons and cosplay is dressing up as anime characters. I thought
even if a person does not watch anime, at least the term is known by many
people.

Have I overestimated how many people know what anime and cosplay are?
Should I go with option #1? I timed what I have, and it timed in at 5 1/2
minutes, so I really don't have time to explain what "anime cosplay" is, and
even if I did, any comic effect would probably be lost.

On the other hand, I have rehearsed it using option #2, and I might not
present it as smoothly if I change it this soon before the contest, which
will be on Tuesday.

Brian Christiansen

Jeb in Richmond · Guest

On Aug 11, 12:17 am, "Brian Christiansen"
<brian_christi...@hotmail.com> wrote: