Subject: Definitions (Page 46)

Impotence: Nature’s way of saying “No Hard Feelings.”

Vacation: A period during which people find out where to stay away from next year.

Second Place: The first loser.

Centenarian: A person who has lived to be one hundred years old. He never smoked or he smoked all his life. He used whiskey for eighty years or he never used it. He was a vegetarian or he wasn’t a vegetarian.

Revolutionary: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor.

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

Piano: A parlor utensil for subduing the impertinent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Tact: The art of saying nothing when there is nothing to say. 

Donuts: The only non-negotiable element to a successful meeting.

Exaggeration: Formal term for a collection of fishermen (i.e. an exaggeration of anglers).

Belly: The veranda over the toy shop.

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time; the man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Accountant: One who uses your books to figure his profit.

Mercy: An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Tolerance: Another word for indifference.

Alarm Clock: Something that makes people rise and whine.

Innocent Bystander: A person so simple-minded he doesn’t know enough to get out of the way.

Grass: The green stuff that wilts in the yard and flourishes in the garden.

Vegetarian: Indian word for bad hunter.

Umbrella: A movable roof.

Arsonist: A person who sets the world on fire… at least in a small way.

Snoring: Sound sleeping.