Subject: Definitions (Page 23)

Zoo: A place where humans go and animals are barred.

Ambidextrous: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Pain: An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Home: A place where man goes to raise a fuss because something went wrong at the office.

Unabated: A fishhook without a worm.

Tabloid: A screamlined newspaper.

Tact: The knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Communist: A guy who borrows your pot to cook your goose.

Kleptomaniac: A thief with breeding.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Fitness: Salvation through perspiration.

Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do.

Quickie: No sooner spread than done.

Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

Bum: A man-about-town.

Cross-Eyed Teacher: A teacher that loses control over his or her pupils.

Star: A performer who makes more than his or her agent.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Hallucination: A belief owned exclusively by one person.

Politician: A fellow who borrows your pot in which to cook your goose.

Redneck: Popular term for a rustic male, but rarely employed when addressing one in person.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Neighbors: People who live near you, who are never around when you need to borrow power tools or jumper cables, but who are everywhere when you are having a heated argument with your spouse.