Psalm 104:24-34, 35

18 May 2010
Posted in RCL Anecdotal Plugins - Week Of May 17, 2010

Psalm 104:24-34, 35

Anecdote
A testimonial dinner was arranged for a woman who was retiring after many years of faithful service as the town librarian.  On the night of the event, the toastmaster introduced her with lavish words of praise.  He spoke of her loyalty to her job, her superior intelligence, her marvelous sense of humor, her outstanding knowledge of modern library systems, her remarkable patience with the children who used the library, and more.  Finally, when the toastmaster had finished, feeling totally overwhelmed as she stood before the applauding dinner guests, she smiled and said, “After such an introduction, I can hardly wait to hear what I'm going to say.”


Plugins:
(Personalize.)
Tell about a time when and where you were to give a speech and the toastmaster overly praised you in the introduction.  Add some of the things the toastmaster said.

Punchlines:
Those comments throw me for a second I wasn't even sure I was the speaker.

I know what you are thinking?  He said those things about me.

Talk about raising the bar.