Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and Quotations

“Nothing so frightens a man as the announcement that he is expected to respond to a toast.” Five hundred pages of jokes, stories and quotations filed A to Z, so the terrified speaker can find one fast.

Sense Of Humor

2 topics in this part of Toaster's Handbook.

Sense of Humor (Sider Hobbes The passion)

sider Hobbes: "The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from the sudden conception of eminency in ourselves by…

Toasters, Toastmasters And Toasts

Before making any specific suggestions to the prospective toaster or toastmaster, let us advise that he consider well the nature and spirit…

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