Lingo Advanced Communicators aka
the Queen’s staff and a guest engaged in humour the evening of January 5/21 as
they were acknowledged by her Majesty the Queen/TM Edith virtual style at
Buckingham Palace. Before this occurred, each member and guest Sandy Z from
Toronto were asked “what made you recently laugh out loud?” We heard that all
appreciate a good joke and were willing to share one. The evening concentrated
on “engaging humour” as we heard what makes this Pathway different from the
others, basically incorporating humour into each project. Estella M in her speech
“Are you born with humour?” noted why humour is important.
Using WOD "witticism", Majesty/Edith addressed her Royal subjects saying a
few words about this past year and their dedication to her. She then invited
each staff person starting with guest Sir Elton John aka Dan, in fashionable
glasses, to say a few words about what he wishes for the future before the two
minute bell rang. Then “improv” style each staff person continued with the
story. This included: Press Secretary - Cherry, noting how early she has to get
up, Private Dresser - Yeshu, revealing some royal secrets, Royal Chef - Xiao,
commenting on the number of meals she has to make and the staff needed, Royal
Butler - Eileen, English accent and all with her loyalty, Royal Hairdresser-
Estella, in maintaining the Queen’s perfect hair, Royal Dog groomer - Bonnie,
noting the number of dogs the Queen has had and the Royal Historian - Sandy
making notes on all. Unfortunately guest, Boris Johnson was not available.
Speech Evaluators Cherry and Xiao, Table Topics Evaluator Eileen,
having dropped her English accent, and General Evaluator Dan, without his
glasses, gave helpful evaluations. Timer Yeshu, using technicolor, had lots to
keep track as did Bonnie as Ah Counter/grammarian but not so regarding the use of the word
of the day “witticism.” Yeshu and Eileen won best Tabletopics, Why? They both have the ability of making us laughing in tears but they themselves were as calm as cumcubers.
All in all we had a humorous and
Royal time and look forward to our next meeting January 19/21.
Submitted by Edith Baraniecki, DTM
