EVER DRAW A BLANK?
I suppose one of the recurring fears of anyone who has to speak in public is the phenomenon of going blank at the critical moment. I’m sure we’ve all done it at one time or another. Roger Smith, from Seattle, WA sent in the following story: We were traveling one summer in the Pocono Mountains and, like a good Presbyterian family, attended church while we were on vacation. One lazy Sunday we found our way to a little Methodist Church. It was a hot day and the folks were nearly out in the pews. The preacher was preaching on and on until, all of a sudden, he said, “The best years of my life have been spent in the arms of another man’s wife.” The congregation let out a gasp, came to immediate attention, and the dozing deacon in the back row dropped his hymnbook. Then the preacher said, “It was my mother.” The congregation tittered a little and managed…
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