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... tell a funny story , even if you know one , " was the advice of the Atchison Globe man , " its narration will only remind your hearers of a bad one . " True as this may be , we still persist in telling our funny story . Our hearers are ...
... tell a funny story , even if you know one , " was the advice of the Atchison Globe man , " its narration will only remind your hearers of a bad one . " True as this may be , we still persist in telling our funny story . Our hearers are ...
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... tell a story with a straight face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In the number of speakers it is better to err in having too few than too many . Especially is this true if there is one ...
... tell a story with a straight face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In the number of speakers it is better to err in having too few than too many . Especially is this true if there is one ...
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... tell your hearers things they already know . Be brief . An after - dinner audience is in a particuarly de- fenceless position . It is so out in the open . There is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of ...
... tell your hearers things they already know . Be brief . An after - dinner audience is in a particuarly de- fenceless position . It is so out in the open . There is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of ...
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... tell yo ' dat , in all de time we b'long to de fambly ,, none o ' ouh folks ain ' neveh befo ' mix up in sechlike dealin's , an ' we hope , Marse Cha'les , dat yo ' see de erroh of yo ' ways befo ' yo ' done sho ' nuff disgrace us ...
... tell yo ' dat , in all de time we b'long to de fambly ,, none o ' ouh folks ain ' neveh befo ' mix up in sechlike dealin's , an ' we hope , Marse Cha'les , dat yo ' see de erroh of yo ' ways befo ' yo ' done sho ' nuff disgrace us ...
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... tell him I'm sorry he isn't a newspaper critic . " The hero of the play , after putting up a stiff fight with the villain , had died to slow music . The audience insisted on his coming before the curtain . He refused to appear . But the ...
... tell him I'm sorry he isn't a newspaper critic . " The hero of the play , after putting up a stiff fight with the villain , had died to slow music . The audience insisted on his coming before the curtain . He refused to appear . But the ...
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