Wednesday
Jan272010
Derrr...Bombs! I Mean, Guns! I Mean...Where's My Donut?
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I discovered today that I can be quite articulate if I'm speaking about something ridiculous, but ask me to participate in a debate about oh, say, TERRORISM, and I become a blithering idiot.
...which is totally awesome since I have to do that very thing tomorrow. In front of people. And then answer questions about it. WTF? Seriously, do these people not know that I like to pepper my everday vocabularly with the words, "dog balls"?
Looks like I'm about to rain down disappointment like napalm. (Wait, can I use that line tomorrow?)
Reader Comments (4)
Uh-oh. Hopefully you can just ask them questions and get them involved in a lively discussion - and that way the focus won't be as much on you!
Tight pants, that's the key. They'll be so focused on your derriere, they'll care less if you're talking about Ernest Borgnine.
How about opening with "terrorism sucks dog balls"? I mean, who doesn't agree?
OK, I took all of your advice and responded to audience questions with questions, wore tight pants, and said "terrorism sucks dog balls". I think it went over well!
Actually, I didn't do any of those things, but I did try to insert a joke about how persuasion must deliver a personal, emotional component in order to sway an audience...and then I said, blandly, that "Terrorism is bad for your health and for your children."
They didn't quite get it. I guess terrorism isn't that funny after all.