Archive for the 'Humour' Category

Eat, Drink, Commute

August 25, 2009

This speech was delivered in a Humorous Speech Contest in  2005

Every day I’m seeing more and more people afflicted with mad cow disease. That’s right people are turning into cows …why? they are constantly chewing, chewing, chewing. Ladies and gentlemen, we have been invaded by the American invention of  chewing gum.

The Ride of your Life!

August 18, 2009

This speech was given at the Chatswood Early Risers Humorous Speech Contest on the 18th August 2009.
Who likes  Disneyland,  Dream World or Sydney’s own Luna Park?
The adrenalin rush of the rides, the noise noise and the crowds?
If this appeals to your sense of adventure,  but you can’t get to an  amusement  park – I have [...]

Young Again – Humorous Speech Contest 2007

August 15, 2009

Speech given at the Area 34 Humorous Speech Competition 6th October 2007

I was driving to work the other day when I saw a bumper sticker on the car in front.
HIRE A TEENAGER WHILE THEY STILL KNOW EVERYTHING.
The more I thought about it, I realised that life can be exciting from a teenage viewpoint.
I took [...]

A Funny Place – Japan and Japlish

August 9, 2009

A speech delivered in a Toastmasters Area level contest in 1989.
Konnichiwa!
Have you ever been to Japan? It’s an incredibly funny place because they speak a strange dialect of English.
I went on a holiday to Japan with my wife and I knew it would be a funny place when I was going through customs. My wife [...]

Happy Bastille Day!

July 14, 2009

Today is Bastille Day, so here is some French humour for you. I delivered this joke at my Toastmasters meeting this morning.
Did you hear about the Frenchman who jumped into the river in Paris?  He was declared to be insane (in Seine).
Speaking of the Seine – the central landmark of Paris is the Louvre Museum [...]

How to dispose of a dead donkey

July 14, 2009

Harry bought a donkey from a farmer for $100, arranging to collect it the following day. When Harry called to collect his donkey, the farmer said that it had died the night before. He refused to return the money saying that, as Harry had paid him the day before, it had been Harry’s donkey when it died.