history: I had to do a talk and tried to tell an amusing story to break the ice.  It apparently wasn't amusing in the slightest and everyone just stared at me. I was doing a presentation for work_comma_ and tried to tell a story about something kind of related to break the ice.  No one laughed or even really cracked a smile_comma_ so it put me off for the rest of the presentation. That is no fun_comma_ you always hope that first one hits so they are more receptive the rest of the time
current: Yeah, and I really thought it was a decent story.  Nothing ground breaking, but at least should have gotten a chuckle.
next: Well there is always next time!