Geyser Gourmet Toastmasters

D I S T R I C T 1 1 2 A N N U A L C O N F E R E N C E – 6 – 8 M A Y 2 0 2 2 - 8, 2022

You will need to register for the conference using this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/.../tZMvd-ChrDgsHtx8uEGTiPxRW7gR...

Registration links for the Executive and Council meetings have been sent to those required to attend those sessions.

The Agenda for the Conference use this link
https://d112tm.org.nz/changes-to-the-district-conference/

Changes to the District Conference - Toastmasters New Zealand North District 112 Annual Conference – May 6 – 8, 2022 As decided in late February, the Annual Conference will be held online. You will need to register for the conference using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvd-ChrDgsHtx8uEGTiPxRW7gR_I88GFky Registration links for the Executiv...

Ralph Waldo Emerson ❤️❤️❤️

(Edit: there appears to be significant evidence in existence that Emerson did not write this)

Khalil Gibran on Fear ❤️

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

~ Khalil Gibran♡
Rumi

S A Y I N G S T H A T A R E G O I N G O U T O F F A S H I O N

Many British phrases are going out of fashion, according to a poll.

Despite being considered one of the most descriptive languages in the world, many of the old idioms are apparently dying out.

The poll was taken by Perspectives Global, and 2,000 adults aged between 18-50 were asked if they had ever used any of the old phrases.

Ellie Glason from Perspectus Global, said: “It’s interesting to see from our research, how language evolves and changes over the years.

“It would seem that, many of the phrases which were once commonplace in Britain, are seldom used nowadays.”

(% shows how many have never used the phrase)

1. Pearls before swine 78%

2. Nail your colours to the mast 71%

3. Colder than a witch’s tit 71%

4. Pip pip 70%

5. Know your onions 68%

6. A nod is as good as a wink 66%

7. A stitch in time saves nine 64%

8. Ready for the knackers yard 62%

9. I’ve dropped a clanger 60%

10. A fly in the ointment 59%

11. Keen as mustard 58%

12. A flash in the pan 57%

13. Tickety boo 57%

14. A load of codswallop 56%

15. A curtain twitcher 56%

16. Knickers in a twist 56%

17. Dead as a doornail 55%

18. A dog’s dinner 55%

19. It’s chock a block 55%

20. Storm in a teacup 55%

21. Could not organise a p*** up in a brewery 54%

22. Not enough room to swing a cat 54%

23. Flogging a dead horse 54%

24. Toe the line 54%

25. Popped her clogs 54%

26. Drop them a line 53%

27. Steal my thunder 53%

28. A few sandwiches short of a picnic 53%

29. A legend in one’s own lifetime 52%

30. Be there or be square 52%

31. Fell off the back of a lorry 52%

32. A bodge job 52%

33. Eat humble pie 52%

34. Having a chinwag 52%

35. Put a sock in it 52%

36. Mad as a Hatter 51%

37. Spend a penny 51%

38. Cool as a cucumber 51%

39. It’s gone pear shaped 51%

40. It cost a bomb 51%

41. Raining cats and dogs 51%

42. See a man about a dog 51%

43. It takes the biscuit 50%

44. He’s a good egg 50%

45. Snug as a bug in a rug 49%

46. Chuffed to bits 49%

47. Have a gander 49%

48. Selling like hot cakes 49%

49. Pardon my French 48%

50. A Turn up for the books 45%

Do you use any of those phrases still?

Are any new to you, and will you start using them now?

Karan read "Going to the Heights of Abraham" at our meeting today.

Attached is this tale.

H O W D I D C A D D I E S C O M E T O B E

The word “caddie” first entered vernacular in 1634. It derives from the French word ‘le cadet,’ meaning ‘the boy’ or the youngest of the family, according to Scottish Golf History.

The caddie gig, however, appears to have started decades before that. The theory is that French military ‘cadets’ carried the clubs for French royalty who played the game and the practice came to Scotland when Queen Mary Stuart returned in 1561.

As Scottish Golf History notes, however, this isn’t possible: “The French did not play golf, but maile, which only involved one club, though the military ‘cadet’ has the same origin, as they were often the younger sons of the aristocracy. “Caddie” was the name designated for an “errand boy” in Scottish towns during the 18 century (and boy has it ever evolved since then).

It wasn’t until 1857 that the dictionary identified “caddie” as those who primarily carried golf clubs. As Scottish Golf History notes, there were no golf bags in the early days, so caddies would carry the clubs in bundles. Here are a couple more significant caddie notes from Scottish Golf History:

Another Table Topic from Robin at the last meeting.