Here's a humourous anecdote from Dr. Babu Rajendran's speech. Its typically Babu with his laconic delivery makes the punch line even more funnier. Babu clearly demonstrates that you are funniest when you seem very serious.
Even the Ladies enjoyed albeit with furitive
glances at each other to test the propriety of their enjoyment. Toastmasters aspiring to become humorous speakers should listen to Dr. Babu's speeches and pick up the style.
Here's the story!
In the early stages of the Rotary Club of Madras Southwest when Dr. BV was the charter President and Babu had just joined Rotary, BV came to Babu and asked him to suggest a good project. Babu came up almost immediately with a brainwave and said, 'sir, let's open a spectacle bank.' BV appeared to be puzzled and shook his head and asked,'How will you collect them?' Babu replied in his usual resourceful tone that they could ask volunteers from the Rotaract i.e. youngsters in college who could go aroud and collect them from the Rotarians. Babu also volunteeredd to clean the spectacles disinfect them and fit them on again to deserving recipients. BV did not reply but went away to the buffet table, filled up his plate and came back and said, 'Dr. Babu I don't understand what you are saying about this bank of yours. How will these youngsters collect the...what was it you are going to collect...?'
Dr. Babu says, "spectacles, sir."
BV now sighs in relief and says, "Oh..spectacles is it...I thought you said Testicles."
There was uncontrolled laughter in the hall after this.
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