Subject: Definitions (Page 68)

House: Domicile purchased by married couples so they have some place to pour all their money.

Egotist: A conceited ass who thinks he knows as much as you do.

Boat: A hole in the water surrounded by wood into which one pours money.

Banquet: A fifty-cent dinner served in sufficient quantity to enable a caterer to charge twenty dollars for it.

Urinal: The one place where all men are peers.

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

Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Executive Suite: A sugar daddy.

Bride: A gal who puts her foot down as soon as her new husband has carried her over the threshold.

Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

America: A nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but can think of nothing to do when it gets there.

Falsies: A hope chest.

Yogurt: Semi-solid dairy product made from partially evaporated and fermented milk. Yogurt is one of only three foods that taste exactly the same as they sound. The other two being goulash and squid.

Advertising: The rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist

Misnomer: The right name for the wrong word.

Childish Games: Those at which your wife beats you.

Judge: A lawyer who once knew a politician.

Doubles: Tennis game played by athletic couples who wish to burn a few calories while arguing.

Teenagers: People who get hungry again before the dishes are even washed.

Filing Cabinet: A place where you lose things alphabetically.

Monogamy: A marriage system in which subscribers are requested to return one wife before taking another.