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betsy_in_va
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 Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:25 am Post subject: Prop disaster stories |
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On a lighter note before I head off for vacation...
I just got a call from an officer of a corporate club I visited today.
We had a speaker who handed around an appetizer of raw vidalia onions
with a topping. His last name sounds like vidalia, and his speech was
about how he was like the onion, surprisingly sweet.
Apparently several of the company employees have now had to go home
sick and they wanted to make sure I was ok. Ooooooops...
Of course it's funny to me because I feel fine... just made me wonder
what other disaster stories have happened out there. |
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John Fleming, DTM
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:24 am Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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On 16 Aug 2006 12:25:54 -0700, while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, "betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote:
| Quote: | $On a lighter note before I head off for vacation...
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$I just got a call from an officer of a corporate club I visited today.
$We had a speaker who handed around an appetizer of raw vidalia onions
$with a topping. His last name sounds like vidalia, and his speech was
$about how he was like the onion, surprisingly sweet.
$
$Apparently several of the company employees have now had to go home
$sick and they wanted to make sure I was ok. Ooooooops...
$
$Of course it's funny to me because I feel fine... just made me wonder
$what other disaster stories have happened out there.
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Well, last Sunday I did have to go through security checks at London
Heathrow.  (Later missed my connecting flight in Vancouver due ot
a delayed departure from Heathrow.)
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John Fleming, DTM
Edmonton, Canada
Attitude Boosters Toastmasters (7022-42) - Member
Chamber Toastmasters (5594 - 42) - Immediate Past President
A scientist can discover a new star but he
cannot make one. He would have to ask an
engineer to do it for him.
- Gordon L. Glegg |
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Nigel Reed
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:40 am Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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John Fleming, DTM <nospam@sprynet.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Well, last Sunday I did have to go through security checks at London
Heathrow. (Later missed my connecting flight in Vancouver due ot
a delayed departure from Heathrow.)
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Had a similar problem with the fuel truck being late to fuel the plane
therefore my flight out of Manchester was delayed. This made us miss our
connecting flight to Dallas, and it was around xmas too so the airports
were very busy. I hate it when that happens. :)
Regards
Nigel
--
Nigel Reed CTM, CL
IPP - Plano Talkers Toastmasters
Area 42 Govenor (Plains Division, District 50, Region III) |
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Rod Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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"betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote in message
news:1155756354.337678.303940@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On a lighter note before I head off for vacation...
I just got a call from an officer of a corporate club I visited today.
We had a speaker who handed around an appetizer of raw vidalia onions
with a topping. His last name sounds like vidalia, and his speech was
about how he was like the onion, surprisingly sweet.
Apparently several of the company employees have now had to go home
sick and they wanted to make sure I was ok. Ooooooops...
Of course it's funny to me because I feel fine... just made me wonder
what other disaster stories have happened out there.
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Some years ago, a woman was the guest speaker at a big Christmas dinner.
For her opening, her boyfriend turned out all the lights and she entered
from the right, carrying a candle and singing 'Silent Night'. When she
reached the lectern, she'd blow out the candle and her boyfriend would
turn on the lights.
They had reheased this several times, the most recent being in the same
hall earlier that evening.
Come the dinner, after their rehearsal, someone had switched on the
overhead fans (Christmas is midsummer here). The lights went out, and
in she came with her candle. Several steps short of the lectern, the
candle was blown out by the fan. Shocked, she made a frantic leap to the
lectern, made the blowing action far too late, and the lights went on.
The audience couldn't stop laughing. She got their attention, but not in
the way she hoped.
It was a great speech anyway.
Rod Taylor (rodt iafrica - don't forget the @ and the dotcom)
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa |
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Rod Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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"betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote in message
news:1155756354.337678.303940@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On a lighter note before I head off for vacation...
I just got a call from an officer of a corporate club I visited today.
We had a speaker who handed around an appetizer of raw vidalia onions
with a topping. His last name sounds like vidalia, and his speech was
about how he was like the onion, surprisingly sweet.
Apparently several of the company employees have now had to go home
sick and they wanted to make sure I was ok. Ooooooops...
Of course it's funny to me because I feel fine... just made me wonder
what other disaster stories have happened out there.
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Not a disaster story, but something almost impossible to stage manage.
I was presenting The Folk Tale from the Storytelling manual. My speech
was a dramatic version of the Flying Dutchman story, entitled "Come Hell
or High Water". Since it was also our Christmas party, we were using a
sports pavilion and the staff were attending to the braai (barbecue)
outside.
Just before I started to speak, the weather changed dramatically and we
had one of our brief but intense summer thunderstorms (they have to be
experienced to be believed). The wind was howling, the lightning
flashing every few seconds, the thunder
following, and the smoke from the braai was blowing through the room. I
couldn't have asked for a better background for that particular speech.
The same conditions might have spoiled many others.
Rod Taylor (rodt iafrica - don't forget the @ and the dotcom)
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa |
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Rod Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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"betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote in message
news:1155756354.337678.303940@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On a lighter note before I head off for vacation...
I just got a call from an officer of a corporate club I visited today.
We had a speaker who handed around an appetizer of raw vidalia onions
with a topping. His last name sounds like vidalia, and his speech was
about how he was like the onion, surprisingly sweet.
Apparently several of the company employees have now had to go home
sick and they wanted to make sure I was ok. Ooooooops...
Of course it's funny to me because I feel fine... just made me wonder
what other disaster stories have happened out there.
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Yet another prop problem. The speaker turned this one to good advantage.
At a British/South African Trade Association lunch, the guest speaker
was a visitor from the UK in his early forties. As he approached the
microphone, it drooped. Instead of pointing at his mouth, it was
hanging limply downwards. Without hesitation, he said, "I thought that
sort of thing only happened to older men". He got a huge laugh while
the technicians repositioned the microphone.
I've often wondered whether this was staged, but I've never been able to
work out how to get the microphone to droop at just the right moment
without tricky or obvious equipment. Anyone know how this might be
achieved?
Rod Taylor (rodt iafrica - don't forget the @ and the dotcom)
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa |
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John Fleming, DTM
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:40:01 GMT, while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, Nigel Reed <see@www.nelgin.nu-slash-qconfirm.html.invalid>
wrote:
| Quote: | $John Fleming, DTM <nospam@sprynet.com> wrote:
$> Well, last Sunday I did have to go through security checks at London
$> Heathrow. (Later missed my connecting flight in Vancouver due ot
$> a delayed departure from Heathrow.)
$
$Had a similar problem with the fuel truck being late to fuel the plane
$therefore my flight out of Manchester was delayed. This made us miss our
$connecting flight to Dallas, and it was around xmas too so the airports
$were very busy. I hate it when that happens.
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And on top of that, the planes would be packed so it would be hard for
airlines to accomodate missed connections.
By comparison, I was only flying during the peak tourist season. And to
make things nicer, the airline was able to put me on a plane to Edmonton
that left shortly before 11:00 at night so I didn't have to find a hotel
room.
The whole reason for having a two and a half hour wait between arrival
and departure times at Vancouver was to give me *lots* of time to get
through customs and make my connection. Unfortunately, we were three
and a half hours late departing Heathrow.
--
John Fleming, DTM
Edmonton, Canada
Attitude Boosters Toastmasters (7022-42) - Member
Chamber Toastmasters (5594 - 42) - Immediate Past President
A scientist can discover a new star but he
cannot make one. He would have to ask an
engineer to do it for him.
- Gordon L. Glegg |
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Joy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:33 am Post subject: Re: Prop disaster stories |
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"Rod Taylor" <seemysignature@nospam.ever> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "betsy_in_va" <b7760@keogan.com> wrote in message
news:1155756354.337678.303940@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
On a lighter note before I head off for vacation...
I just got a call from an officer of a corporate club I visited today.
We had a speaker who handed around an appetizer of raw vidalia onions
with a topping. His last name sounds like vidalia, and his speech was
about how he was like the onion, surprisingly sweet.
Apparently several of the company employees have now had to go home
sick and they wanted to make sure I was ok. Ooooooops...
Of course it's funny to me because I feel fine... just made me wonder
what other disaster stories have happened out there.
Not a disaster story, but something almost impossible to stage manage.
I was presenting The Folk Tale from the Storytelling manual. My speech
was a dramatic version of the Flying Dutchman story, entitled "Come Hell
or High Water". Since it was also our Christmas party, we were using a
sports pavilion and the staff were attending to the braai (barbecue)
outside.
Just before I started to speak, the weather changed dramatically and we
had one of our brief but intense summer thunderstorms (they have to be
experienced to be believed). The wind was howling, the lightning
flashing every few seconds, the thunder
following, and the smoke from the braai was blowing through the room. I
couldn't have asked for a better background for that particular speech.
The same conditions might have spoiled many others.
Rod Taylor (rodt iafrica - don't forget the @ and the dotcom)
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa
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LOL! Nature really cooperated with you that time.
Joy |
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