Bad speech moment: floating smiley
I was not the speaker, but I have been there. I could help but laugh and feel sorry for the speaker at the same time.
Let me set the scene: Church. Sunday meeting and a speaker is at the pulpit trying to spread the good work.
Unfortunately, there was a party of some sort a the church during the previous week and someone let a mylar balloon of a smile face go. At first it just hangs on the ceiling, but then the heating kicks on. Now the smiley balloon is roaming around the room. Of course it stays out of reach.
Everyone is amused by the balloon and ashamed for not paying attention to the speech.
FINALLY, the balloon drops low enough, is caught and is removed. It is a palapble relief to everyone when it is gone.
The speaker handled it very gracefully. Rather than getting flustered, he included himself in the joke by acknowledging the distraction, then redirecting to the topic at hand.
posted by Matthew O. Smith @ 2:02 PM
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