| | | First thing I thought of when I saw that was the Sears tower in Chicago - they have windows that are horizontal and you can stand on and look down (or lay down?). Then there was a big fuss when one (or more?) cracked for no reason. No one got hurt.
Anyway, my oblig. jokes:
They say people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of snakes.
It doesn't seem to make sense.
I mean, you don't see someone walking through the desert, suddenly shouting, "Watch out! A podium!"
(drumroll, please, and include the cymbal clash)
A psychologist -- interviewed on an Allen show -- announced that the only two instinctive fears in man are the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling. "I have a great fear," replied Steve, without missing a beat, "of making a loud noise while falling."
Me too!
Your audience may be disappointed if you don't trot out the standard Mark Twain quote: "There are two types of speakers: those who are nervous and those who are liars."
and if you're nervous when you lie? Hmmmmmm...
A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17."
Note from me: he means the biblical Mark, not the above Twain Mark. Just to be clear. To continue:
The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. Every hand went up. The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only 16 chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."
Benefit from the wisdom of the Navajo:
A woman is driving toward home in northern Arizona when she sees a Navajo woman hitchhiking. Because the trip had been long etc, she stops the car and the Navajo woman gets in. During their small talk, the Navajo woman glances surreptitiously at a brown bag on the front seat between them.
"If you're wondering what's in the bag" offers the woman, "it's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband."
The Navajo woman is silent for a while, nods several times and says, "Good trade."
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