9 Oct

Speakeasy Toastmasters Mallow

Humorous Speech Competition

Speakeasy Toastmaster Club members and guests were treated to a great night’s entertainment last Thursday night on the occasion of the Humorous Speech competition. Seven competitors provided loads of laughs with seven very diverse but very funny speeches. The first speaker of the night was Angela Sheehan with a speech called ‘Run, Mummy, Run’ which described how she went from being a committed walker to a first time Mini-Marathon runner, to her own and her family’s surprise. However, in the end they weren’t a bit surprised when she did manage to make it to the finishing line. In the next speech we were entertained by Ray Ryan’s descriptions of how he had been tormented by wasps all of his life and we were all encouraged to take up arms against them in an ‘Autumnal Slaughter’. Make sure that you pulverize the wasp well however, because they have been known to come back to life. Another of Nature’s creatures featured in Vivienne Buckley’s speech entitled ‘Do you realise how important I am?’ In her role as head of Team Ireland this summer she came in very close contact with an elephant who did not realise how important she was. Nor did the members of the Civil Defence who were all determined that she would not enjoy a night out during the recent world games in Dublin. However Vivienne concluded that the really important people there had to be all of the members of Team Ireland, even including the lassie who described her as ‘the little one with the big mouth’!
Toastmaster for the night was Rita Foley who expertly acted as contest chair for the competition. A wide range of topics were provided by Dermot Meaney and included such subjects as the planning laws, David Beckham’s possible return, recycling, increasing the retirement age, and what you would do with a Lotto win. During the Table Topics session, members also spoke about farming as a new career and whether or not Christmas comes too early.

Our next meeting is on Thursday night, 16th October and as usual, guests are very welcome to attend.
If you would like to know more about Speakeasy Toastmasters you can ring Angela at 022 51071 or Sean at 022 22755 for information. Or you can log onto our website; www.clix.to/speakeasy. The club’s e-mail address is speakeasymallow@eircom.net