Oratory Gifts

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

Soap Box

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

"Just a brief moment, Linda, to thank you for my delicious meals. And if you need me by your side... just whistle." "What fresh hell is this?"

'I had to give a short speech last night. It was a hoot!'

William Pitt the Elder

'She said her first 'I hate you' today.'

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

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

"Don't repeat this."

Hallelujah!

Interpreter for the hard-to-believe-what-they're-hearing.

Man picking up an H for a lady who drops her Hs

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

Never being able to think of the right thing to say at the right time phobia.

The Corus.

'Tell me a little bit about yourself.'

'You mean to ssssay we have sssspeach imedimentssss?'

"What Color Is Your Soapbox?"

"Instead of careful interpretation of the prose, maybe try pronouncing even the most basic words like an insane person?"

Georg Frideric Handel

"Doctor, your speech was certainly unabridged."

'My best attribute? That would be my glottal stop.'

George Frideric Handel

Well spoken man.

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

"Baldo, come here! This is Benito, my barber! Let him tell you a story."

"Imagine the treat as if you already have it."

Rude signing for the deaf. Dictator telling his people to f*** off.

The story of 'The Great Leak' was passed down from generation to generation.

"Dude, I can't Handel this."

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

' Pol Meeting'

'I'm going to call in a specialist in pronunciation.'