Subject: Definitions (Page 59)

Karate: The ancient Japanese art of getting people to buy lots of belts.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian

Falsies: Making mountains out of molehills.

Shallowness: The root cause of chronic good health, high school popularity, appearance on the fiction bestseller lists, and gainful employment on local tv news broadcasts.

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

Puttering: Woman’s word for man’s work.

I.O.U.: A type of paper wait.

Mugger: A benevolent citizen of the streets who frequently spares the lives of total strangers in exchange for any cash and valuables in their possession.

Outdo: To make an enemy.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Waiter: A guy who believes money grows on a tray.

Bliss: Having no idea what is really happening.

Obsolete: Any computer you own.

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

Quality of Life: What an industrialized nation is said to offer when enough of its citizens are suffering from terminal stress.

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

Coward: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Four-wheel Drive: Getting stuck in more inaccessible places.

Amateur: A person too stupid to profit from the talent they possess.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

Neighbors: The strangers who live next door.

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

Hospital Room: A place where friends of the patient go to talk to other friends of the patient.

Advice: Something which we give by the bushel but take by the grain.

A man with both feet planted firmly in the air.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president

Carpet: Expensive floor covering used to catch spills and clean mud off shoes.

Deluxe: Mediocre in a big way.