The other day I was walking by a neighborhood when I noticed a signboard that read “Trespassers will be prostituted” (Pause). Funny right? Not so when you are ...
A GE script on office apprisals
During office appraisals, I never have fun. But my boss always does. Do you know why? Well that’s because he is roasting me. Here in Toastmasters, we do appraisals after ...
An honest ah counter script
I have filler words in my speeches. Every time I do table topics or try to phrase my evaluations in a better way, inevitably I go ah, umm you know, like etc. Like it or not but so do most of you. But once you accept this shortcoming ...
A Timer’s script on not overshooting time
There are 25 of us here right now and if this meeting over shoots by just 10 minutes, we would have collectively over spent a little more than 4 hours. That is more than enough to host two separate productive Toastmasters meeting or just be with our families. So let’s all take extra ...
Fun table topics on movies
I am a movie buff and from my experience in this club, I know that so are most of you. And one thing two movie buffs cannot run out of is stuff to talk about. Agreements, disagreements, movie scenes, movie stars – there is literally so much you can talk about that you may need a tub of popcorn to go through. I don’t have popcorn with me ...
A TMOD theme titled “Small talk, big problem”
This January was my birthday. And Birthday is that one day when you receive lots of phone calls, especially from people you speak just once a year – on birthdays. For a strange reason, people kept asking me one question over and over again ...
A grammarian script on rules
Every language in the world has some rules. While it may sound cool to say “Rules are made to be broken,” trust me, these are not the rules you would like to break. If anything, breaking them makes you ...
An out of the box script for Ah Counter
Most people will suggest you to increase your vocabulary for a better command over the language. I am the first person to suggest you that you can actually get rid ...
A Timer script on being crisp
Obama may speak for an hour and people would listen to him. Oprah Winfrey may speak for a day and people would still listen to her. But common people such as ...
A GE script on taking a step back
When you are on a long journey, it’s crucial to take a step back and evaluate your progress from time to time. You may be moving in the wrong direction or your progress might be too slow or you may simply be running out of essential ammo. The folks at Titanic ...
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