Monday saw the National Association of Toastmasters' Christmas lunch at the Four Seasons. It was great fun. Meeting up with a load of old colleagues (interpret the word "old" as freely as you like), wining and dining. A particular delight was that one of my table brought along a couple of guests. They were Sheena and Hannah!!!!!!!!!!!!
Impressed huh?
I knew you would be. Regular readers I know will instantly recognise the fact that I was Toastmaster for Sheena's wedding at the delightful Ettington Park back along in September and Hannah was one of her bridesmaids. It was a great bash, and Sheena has promised to send through some pictures and a video. Looking forward to them.
Anyway, almost as important as Sheena was the Sultan of Brunei.
He was at the Four Seasons too.
Gayna sorted out his bodyguard. There were a lot of them, but they were blocking the corridor on the way to the ladies'. She marched up to them and scattered them as if they were chaff in the wind. They did not stand a chance
A thought.
The Higgs Boson Particle
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If these blokes in Cern can't find the Higgs Boson particle, why don't they get a woman to look for it? Works every time here.
Bookings are on the up. I've taken two bookings over the past two days. One is at The Sculpture Gallery, on of my favourite venues. It comes from the wedding of Kim and Leanne I did there at Easter a couple of years ago, and the other is at a new venue for me, The Lords of the Manor at Upper Slaughter. It's another European/Asian wedding (I seem to be doing more and more of these) for around 150 people. Should be good.
One of the things I have mentioned over the past few weeks is the local election. It took place yesterday and the one and only Eddie Hutch came out the winner by 25 votes. This is a seismic shift in local politics. In the past a pig wearing a blue rosette would have been voted in here. It is really causing quite a stir. I love it.
Finally a conundrum.
A very popular BBC programme at the moment is "Life's Too Short". It really is very funny. It's all about a dwarf called Warwick Davis.
There's someone on the village who is a big-size dead-ringer for Warwick. That is this week's task should you choose to accept.
Live Long And Be Toastmastered
