Subject: Definitions (Page 38)

Negotiating: The art of persuading your opponent to take the nice shiny copper penny and give you the wrinkled old paper money.

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

Neighbor: One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Voting: A process of standing in line for the opportunity to help decide which party will spend your money.

Dog: The only friend you can buy for money.

Wink: A whether signal.

Unwed Mother: One who helps perpetuate the genes of an unwed father, without the latter’s talent for becoming invisible at will.

Parents: One of the hardships of a minor’s life.

Intuition: Suspicion in skirts.

Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

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

Summer camp is where the parents spend a thousand dollars so their daughter can learn to make a fifty-cent potholder.

Fruitcake: The gift that keeps on giving.

X Chromosome: a genetic double-cross that empowers women with the ability to bear children and reserves for men the right to be color-blind hemophiliacs.

Elephant: A mouse built to government specifications.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author

Armor: A knight gown.

Acrimony: The holy state of being married.

Social Diseases: Germs of endearment.

Old Age: When you find yourself using one bend-over to pick up two things.

Anoint: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Newborn Baby: Fresh heir.

Atrophy: An award given to those who do not exercise.