To start off the meeting, Brian received his Competent Communicator award. There will be a club contest on March 14th, 2017. Our open house will be on February 28th for Tell a Tale day.
The Toastmaster of the day was Laurie, whose theme was Where would you rather be? The theme was based on the best weather around the nation. Places like Death Valley California and Miami Florida were in the mid seventies today, and sunny, which she thought was better than the gray skies we have today.
There was one speaker today. Paul spoke on how to love as a research based informational speech. He talked about when you are a baby you are selfish so you can get what you need and believe that you are the center of the world. As we progress through life, Paul explained that your ability for love also grows, so that you can love a friend, then become a partner with another for life, putting their needs as if they were your own. Eventually we can grow to love others like we do ourselves, even if we do not know them, and want the best for them. His evaluator was Christa, who talked about the fact that she appreciated his extensive research on his topic of love. It got her thinking about why do we love, and what is love. One thing she suggested is to list the types of love on a poster, and maybe follow a person growing up as they progress through the different types of love, gaining the ability to love another more deeply than before.
Table topics today was inspired by Facebook memes or pictures. There was a three way tie for table topics today! Christa was given the situation of a mascot playing musical chair with children, and they kept stealing the chairs out from under them. If she was a participant, how would she win against the cheating mascot. She said that this was similar to a David and Goliath situation. In order to win, Christa would either trip the mascot and him tie up, or kick the mascot to keep him away from her chair.
Laurie was asked what could go wrong if two scientists dressed up as zebras in an African country to try to study them. First she said that the flies there bite you and so not only would the zebra costume be incredibly hot, but the flies would bite all over the scientists. The other big danger is the fake zebra would not run near as fast as real ones so if a lion was there, they could become lunch.
Brian was the last table topics participant. One person had sent their loved one to the funeral home with popcorn, so it would pop when they were cremated. Dave asked Brian to tell a situation where something unexpected happened during a cremation. He told the story of the person who had a loaded pistol in a pocket when they went into the crematory, and so rounds started going off. Worse yet, the person had a pen with a bullet on it, and a bullet on their keys, which were not taken off their person before being cremated. The malformed gun now hangs by the door of the crematory as a reminder to check a person for personal items before cremating them.
Lee was the general evaluator, who said that Laurie forgot to introduce his role at the beginning. He found the meeting a happy and fun filled meeting. He complimented Christa's mini-speech, and commented on her tendency to giggle at what she is explaining during table topics. During Laurie's table topics, Lee mentioned that he whispered to Paul "What about the lions?" which she then talked about. He also complimented the word of the day, Kibitzer which means a person who offers unwanted advice, chosen by Peter.
Have a great day!
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