Mandela impression
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At the time Nelson Mandela died, I was listening to some tributes to him on the radio. They were playing a speech of his that was quite lengthy which I had never heard before. I wasn't really listening to what he was saying as I was sorting out some receipts at the same time, but I thought I would practise my Mandela impression so waited for a pause in the speech as Mandela rose to a crescendo with “…and what I say to you all here is……” at which point he paused so I came out with a random “Let there be peace!” in my best Mandela voice. This was followed immediately by the real Mandela saying “…let there be peace!”. He could have said anything, I had no clue whatsoever what he was about to say and I had never previously listed to a Mandela speech before.
Date submitted:Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:05:14 +0000Coincidence ID:9934
