I’ve never had stage fright heading onto a stage (plays, debates, presentations), but a couple of times I got up there and, between one sentence and the next, completely drew a blank on what I was supposed to say next.
A lady giving a presentation before an audience felt her stomach lurch and knew she was going to be sick soon. Saying she had left some pages offstage she excused herself and calmly walked off the stage. Then she hurriedly found the ladies room, went in and threw up. A few minutes later someone found her and told her,”Your remote microphone is still on.”
It’s weird – people would rather face a hoard of hungry lions than stand up and give a speech to a crowd – maybe when you stand up to speak, you should pretend your audience is hungry lions?
margueritem over 14 years ago
Doesn’t sound like a good solution to me…
Llewellenbruce over 14 years ago
Sounds like a good way to get a F.
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Uhh, Nerwin? We don’t call fainting a solution: we call it a problem!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Didn’t Broomie tell you to imagine the audience in their underwear?
Doesn’t that beenie belong in the next comic?
Dkram over 14 years ago
When I was Master in my Grange, I was so glad I had that podium in front of me to hang on to.
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davidf42 over 14 years ago
Nerwin should get together with Calvin so they could compare beanies.
pamlicorat over 14 years ago
Fainting is better than freezing. I knew a lady that froze once and we carried her off stage like a surfboard.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Feinting to the left can often avoid critics.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
That’s why they invented Toastmasters International.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
My school-teacher GF tells me that in her school district the kids can’t pass 5th grade without giving a Powerpoint presentation.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
I’ve never had stage fright heading onto a stage (plays, debates, presentations), but a couple of times I got up there and, between one sentence and the next, completely drew a blank on what I was supposed to say next.
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
Maybe Nerwin tried to imagine Auntie Broom in her USMC skivvies, and that’s why he fainted.
bald over 14 years ago
just look at the people in front of you as comic characters
oh wait, they are
Yakety Sax over 14 years ago
A lady giving a presentation before an audience felt her stomach lurch and knew she was going to be sick soon. Saying she had left some pages offstage she excused herself and calmly walked off the stage. Then she hurriedly found the ladies room, went in and threw up. A few minutes later someone found her and told her,”Your remote microphone is still on.”
ToniR over 14 years ago
Wowza!
That’s a good one for those surprise staff evaluations!
UncaAlby over 14 years ago
It’s weird – people would rather face a hoard of hungry lions than stand up and give a speech to a crowd – maybe when you stand up to speak, you should pretend your audience is hungry lions?
1148559 over 14 years ago
@ Susan001,
I remember. When I was in Kindergarten, we had a few hens and I brought one of them in for show and tell once.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
I remember show-and-tell, too.
Stage fright is something I have never had. Intense reactions afterward to criticism - THOSE I have had.
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
He received faint praise for it.