# Speech on anything.  What would you choose?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799 "2002-05-02T05:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799/1 "2002-05-02T05:04:33Z")

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Sooooooo. This is, like, a “say whatever you want” thread?

My cat has a fluffy tail.

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**Author:** ![winkie45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a3d4f5/32.png) [@winkie45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winkie45)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799/2 "2002-05-02T05:27:29Z")

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Sorry, something went wrong with my browser. Anyway, I have to give a 5-7 min. speech on any topic of my choice, but i don’t know what to choose. I want it to be interesting so that my audience won’t be bored to death. So, if you had to give a 5-7 min. speech for a speech class, and you could choose any topic (within judgement for a college class) what would it be? Or better yet, if you had to sit and listen to someone talk for 5-7 min, what would you want to be listening to?

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**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799/3 "2002-05-02T05:37:39Z")

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Hmmmm. Do something a little different.

My cousin had to give a speech on a “your defining moment” for a competition a while back. Everyone else spoke about War or politics or other such important things. She spoke about her defining moment - when her big brother threatened to drop her over the second story balcony. She won!

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799/4 "2002-05-02T05:59:11Z")

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Well, I was at a speech competition once and this big dorky-looking guy got up and starting talking about raising ducks. I rolled my eyes at first but it was terribly interesting and I learned a lot. Years later some of it still sticks. Go figure. Know anything about domesticated ducks?

How about a speech on how the world would be different if no one had hair?

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-on-anything-what-would-you-choose/106799/5 "2002-05-02T18:26:27Z")

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It’s not really what you’re speaking about so much as how you deliver it. Just try to be interesting. I once gave a speech on Vanilla Ice that brought the place down (I was searching for a topic the day before and there was an issue of People magazine on the coffee table opened to…you guessed it…an interview with the guy).