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Posted by friday, 12:16, 14th January 2004:
 
I have entered myself in a speech contest on 29 Jan and have been given three choices of speech. Cant decide which one to do, so please help me decide which one!

a) DEBATE - Should sex education be taught in schools.
b) IMAGINATION - A day in the life of ...
c) RESEARCH - AIDS in Europe

I quite like the imaginative one, but still cant decide...
Posted by Sul, 12:18, 14th January 2004:
 
Id say imagination. A day in the life of a shop window. Talking of the interesting people and events that pass you by.
Posted by trim..., 12:19, 14th January 2004:
 
sex education in schools.. then you can sort of include some of the AIDs stuff in your debate. Plus debating is always good for getting material as you have to look at both sides objectively.
But if you want a challenge then i'd go for the imagination one, you could do a lot with that
i have no idea what you could do but i'm sure its a lot
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:30, 14th January 2004:
 
Why don't you do a debate and try to convince those lousy African's to pay back their goddamn debts!
Posted by Rosie, 13:12, 14th January 2004:
 
B seems the easy option....
Posted by friday, 13:20, 14th January 2004:
 
I think B is also an easier option for a first speech contest!

I dont think I could do a debate, not yet - I am however, in training for it....!

So, a day in the life of what (shop window nice Sul, I like that idea)
Posted by trim..., 13:29, 14th January 2004:
 
day in the life of a tramp? you could sing excerpts from sul's musical?
a day in the life of a bigot?
a day in the life of Harold Shipman.. oh, he's dead..
a day in the life of a kitty
a receptionists phone
a bus/train
palace guard ("stood still, stood still some more, damn, got an itchy nose, keep still..etc")
do a debate!!
Posted by tommorris, 18:58, 14th January 2004:
 
I'd probably do A. Because there are neat opposing viewpoints - the "it's important that kids know about sex so they don't rush in to sex that they may not enjoy or that will be unhealthy for them", then there is the "sex education is the preserve of the family, schools' remit is academic education only", and then there is the "teach it unless parents opt their kids out of it", and the traditional apathy vote (I couldn't care less, for example).
Posted by angeldelight, 21:37, 14th January 2004:
 
a day in the life of a traffic warden
Posted by Sul, 21:49, 14th January 2004:
 
Oooooh talk about how being white is much better than being black

Disclaimer: This is obviously a joke mocking racism itself on the basis of where Friday lives not a truthful view held by me or a voice for anyone else on this site. Thankyou for your time.
Posted by reitsma, 22:53, 14th January 2004:
 
i say you do a day in the life of an AIDS infected european who should've paid more attention in sex ed at school.

you've covered all your bases then.

PS: why didn't you make this a voting page?
Posted by Liandle, 07:24, 15th January 2004:
 
Friday apologies for not replying to you before I was too busy chatting up Sul :-) You said you are in Malawi. Which city in Malawi? Also to comment further on Sul's racial comment. Are you black or white? I thought you might be black because you chose the name Friday as in Robinson Crusoe's (scuse sp. illiterate blob) Friday. I am a white South African so you probably think I am a racist. But it's not black and white like that is it?
Posted by Grim..., 09:10, 15th January 2004:
 
Friday is a pretty white lady. There is a picture of her somewhere.
Posted by Podz, 10:09, 15th January 2004:
 
Why not do a day in the life of someone else who is imagining what a day in the life of someone else would be like ?

A prisoner imagining what life would be like if they had not done the crime.
A woman imagining a day in the life of a man.
A person imagining the life of an animal.

But structure it so that you don't reveal until the very end that it isn't 'you', it's another person.
Posted by Brock, 13:37, 15th January 2004:
 
That hurts my head
Posted by reitsma, 22:11, 15th January 2004:
 
Well, that's really Podz's idea, so you'll have to imagine a day in the life of podz imagining what life would be like for a prisoner imagining what life would be like if they had not done the crime.

:o)


But of course, that's my idea, so you'll have to imagine what it would be like to be me imagining i was podz imagining what life would be like for a prisoner imagining what life would be like if they had not done the crime.

:oD


How's your head doing brock?
Posted by Brock, 15:26, 18th January 2004:
 
Just woke up on the floor. Computer been on for 3 days. Ears bleeding. Having difficulty typing...

Ow.

Can we talk about the shop window again? Maybe there's a picture of a nice doggy or something...

/rocks slowly in chair