The duties of the Tailtwister are to promote harmony, good fellowship and enthusiasm at Club meetings by appropriate stunts and games and a judicious imposition of fines on club members. New Lions may be inhibited and shy and the Tailtwister can suitably introduce them and make them feel that they are valued members of the club.

Fining because that Lion may well come to feel that he or she is not really part of the club. by fining, the Tailtwister involves everyone and assists the President in general management of the meeting.

One of the primary tasks of the Tailtwister is to extract humor and laughter with jokes, puns, witticisms, mimicry, acting, singing, or dramatizations. Laughter is universal, but the Tailtwister's rostrum should never be used for insulting anyone. A Tailtwister who levies fines on members in order to satisfy personal grudges will soon fall from grace. Care need be taken, however, in promoting humor because vulgar jokes are not compatible with the ethics of Lions Clubs International.