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Hallahan, Daniel P (dph)'s avatar

Congrats for being selected to give speech at DI Conference. Quite an honor, bro. If it's recorded, pls do send a link.

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John Wills Lloyd's avatar

Thanks, Dan. I hope I don’t take after Ed. K. and break a leg.

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Hallahan, Daniel P (dph)'s avatar

Well, on the other hand, an idiom for on-stage performers is "break a leg."

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John Wills Lloyd's avatar

I was hoping to hint at the stage-based use of the phrase, indeed.

You (Dan) probably won’t be surprised that I used my (weak) imitation of the Chevy-Chase pratfall at the beginning of my talk. It was pretty much the full-on version, the one with a fistful of papers tossed into the air as I descended the steps from the stage and fell to the floor. (I skipped doing push ups while on the floor….)

I think this time was something like the 6th time I’ve done the routine at the beginning of a talk…and I think it will be the last (though I came through it uninjured). I probably won’t ever have another opportunity in my career to do it.

I did get a great glimpse of how kind this DI community is. A half dozen people—including luminaries—raced to the front to help me.

I warned the camera operator, so the pratfall should be on the video of the talk.

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Hallahan, Daniel P (dph)'s avatar

Looking forward to seeing the talk, as well as the pratfall. Your opening reminds me of one I saw Paynedini do a couple of times. If you don't know it, remind me to tell you next time we talk.

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