Anxious Orator Pillows

"Tough group."

"Of course he's smiling. He's getting $15,000 to give a lecture on free speech."

Man in Therapist office sees a sign: Therapy Is Expensive Bubble Wrap Is Cheap You Decide

"I just learned that my golden parachute was not properly packed."

William Pitt the Elder

'A 'pregnant pause' is effective only if you've already said something.'

'I checked my symptoms on the internet and I think I might be dead!'

'He'll be really p****d if he doesn't get nominated for an award this year.'

"I seem to have forgotten what I was saying...please...hold the applause!"

"In closing, let me tell you that never in the universe have I spoken before such an attentive audience."

He did special exercises to stay calm during his evaluation.

The only way I can get through a nudist convention.

"He says he's a Professor of Rhetoric but I'm not persuaded."

"Doctor, your speech was certainly unabridged."

"What Color Is Your Soapbox?"

"Feel free to use it. It's an emergency escape hatch if you say something controversial."

"Just get out there and be yourself – or better yet, someone like me."

'I'd like now to introduce Len who will tell slightly humourous stories in his inimicable self-serving way,'

'She will not call on me, she will not call on me, she. . .'

'Play among yourselves while I deal with my stage fright.'

J. Dudley - Statesman, orator, philanthropist, big deficit spender.

Soap Box

' Pol Meeting'

Bubbie's parrot

Idlewild.

Worry about everything that might happen/Me/Be ready for nothing that does happen.

'Unaccustomed as I am, to public speaking...'

"We are dropping your column. Many readers think you're just to extreme."

Choose your social anxiety coping mechanism!

"Anyway, all you'll need to worry about soon is which direction the wind is blowing."

Speaker

"This is what I did on my summer vacation....please hold your questions till the end."