Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 204 Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth) 1878 1938 Fanning, Clara Elizabeth Edmund, Peggy Wilson, H. W. (Halsey William) 1868 1954 Wilson, Halsey William Williams, Harold Workman Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations" by Peggy Edmund and Harold Workman Williams is a collection of humorous anecdotes, jokes, and quotations compiled for the purpose of aiding speakers in delivering toasts, likely written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a resource for those faced with the daunting task of speaking in social situations, providing a variety of material that is both entertaining and thought-provoking to lighten the mood and engage an audience. The opening of the book begins with a preface that captures the anxieties associated with making a toast at a gathering. It sets the tone for the handbook as a light-hearted manual intended to rescue nervous speakers from their fears by presenting a well-organized selection of jokes and stories categorized under various subjects. Notably, the preface emphasizes the importance of humor in social interactions and suggests that the sense of humor can smooth over the complexities of public speaking. The subsequent sections are aimed at guiding readers on how to respond to their audience effectively, promoting a sense of camaraderie and laughter while delivering a toast. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American wit and humor Toasts Quotations PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 1094646 1048252 2024-10-05T17:59:53.509731 2023-10-06T05:29:54.921841 text/html text/html 1040868 2020-12-14T22:51:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 370664 2020-12-14T22:51:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 484304 2024-10-05T18:00:31.426562 application/epub+zip 505479 2024-10-05T18:00:03.451678 application/epub+zip 496571 2024-10-05T17:59:58.611753 application/epub+zip 978680 2024-10-05T18:00:47.252447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 951043 2024-10-05T18:00:23.337601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 847943 2022-09-06T20:46:34.826174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 849837 849760 2024-10-05T17:59:41.180346 2023-10-06T05:29:44.964750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 851194 2020-12-14T22:51:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 346133 2020-12-14T22:51:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 851187 2020-12-14T22:51:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 346069 2020-12-14T22:51:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22589 2024-10-05T18:00:48.114452 application/rdf+xml 17692 2024-10-05T17:59:59.624713 image/jpeg 3685 2024-10-05T17:59:59.093702 image/jpeg 447994 2024-10-05T17:59:53.588763 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia