Good Evening Gyrettes and Gyros 

In the words of so many men who have preceded me, it is great privilege and honour, to propose the Toast to the Ladies.

In the words of an old and dear friend Don Larsen, who Rikkie knew quite well,  my theme for tonight’s toast, is

“Aren’t we lucky”.

The fact is we are lucky from the time we get up in the morning until we go to bed at night

And so often, we take for granted all the wonderful things our Ladies do to make our lives so lucky – – –

Just think of it – – –

•  Each night we can go to a nice clean bed
• We find clean clothes in our closets
• We have shampoo, soap, and clean towels
• We can find food in the fridge and pantry
• We  enjoy our children and grand children
• We are able to live in a house, we call home
• And we get to live with our best friend!

Imagine if these things did not exist and we had to do them ourselves on a daily basis.

So guys, think about it.  Each morning when you get up, we should be thankful for all the wonderful things our Ladies do for us.  Aren’t we Lucky!

However, as we all know, married life can have its challenges, which I would like to illustrate this by telling a few groaners.

• A couple had been married for 30 years and were celebrating the husbands 60^th birthday.  During the party, a fairy Godmother appeared and said she would give them one wish.  The wife said “I would love to travel the world” and POOF, she had all her travel tickets.
•  The husband turned to the fairy Godmother and said “I would like to be married to a woman 30 years younger than me”, the fairy waved her wand and POOF, and He became 90 years old.
•  A man ran an ad in the newspaper which said “Wife Wanted”.  The next day he received hundreds of replies.  They all said the same thing “Please, take mine”.
•  And then there was the woman came home yelling to her husband “Pack your bags, I just won the lottery”.  The husband said what should I pack beach stuff or mountain stuff?”  The wife said “It really doesn’t matter, “just get the hell out of here”.
•  And finally, this guy was having an affair with his secretary and one afternoon, they fell asleep and didn’t wake up until 8:00 pm.  As the man threw on his clothes and told the secretary to go out and rub his shoes in the grass.
• When he got home his wife demanded “Where have you been?”  The husband replied, “I cannot lie, I was having an affair with my secretary”.  The wife looked at his shoes and said “You liar, you have been playing golf”

In all seriousness fellow Gyros, we are truly blessed to have such wonderful ladies and the good life they have given us.

So please stand, raise your glass, and join me in a toast

To the Ladies