A Prairie Home Companion: June 12, 2004

Equal Time Society
Saturday, June 12, 2004
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GK: back after a message from the Equal Time Society, which asks you to please, let people finish their sentences. Don't jump the gun in conversations. It's a matter of simple ----

SS: Etiquette.

GK: Right. There is nothing so irritating as someone jumping in to ----

SS: finish your sentences-----

GK: as if everything you have to say is-----

SS: So obvious-----

GK: So obvious that we can fast-forward. Let other people have the floor and express themselves without someone

SS: Jumping in and interrupting.

GK: .....phrasing their thought for them. This makes people feel nervous and anxious, and can eventually lead to ---

SS: Confusion.

GK: Anger. I mean, what is the big rush. When the Bill of Rights grants us the freedom of.....

SS: Speech.

GK: Expression, doesn't that mean all the way to the end of a sentence? It's just a matter of common......

SS: Courtesy.......

GK: Sense ----- when someone talks to you, not to try to fill in the blanks everytime someone pauses.....

SS: To take a breath......

GK: To think about what they're saying. Don't put words into their.....

SS: Mouth.....

GK: Sentence that may not be the words they wanted. You might be surprised at what.....

SS: They have to say.

GK: They do to you if you keep on finishing their sentences. (CRASH OF POTTERY) A message from the Equal Time Society.