Subject: Definitions (Page 51)

Announce: Thirty grams or a sixteenth of a pound.

Boy: A noise with dirt on it.

Parking Space: An unoccupied place on the other side of the street.

Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?

(1965 – ) English comedian, musician, actor & author

Umpire: The original strike arbitrator.

Shin: A device for finding furniture in the dark.

Middle age is when you go to bed at night and hope you feel better in the morning; old age is when you go to bed at night and hope you wake up in the morning.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Aftermath: The horrible headache you have when you’ve finished the algebra test.

Patron: A customer who doesn't ask prices.

Bore: One who insists upon talking about himself when you want to talk about yourself.

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

Marriage: A process of finding out what sort of guy your wife would have preferred.

Hunch: What you call an idea that you’re afraid is wrong.

Wood: That remarkable material which burns so easily in a forest and with such difficulty in a fireplace.

Barometer: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Casserole: A method used by ingenious cooks to get rid of leftovers.

Alarm Clock: Something that makes people rise and whine.

Death: A breath-taking experience.

Indifference: A woman’s feeling towards a man, which is interpreted by the man as “playing hard to get.”

Awe: Wow of silence.

Y Chromosome: The cause of virility, war, baldness, hockey, sex crimes, clever inventions and a disinclination to ask for directions when lost.