Subject: Definitions (Page 12)

Graffiti: Urban scrawl.

Thingy: Female Interpretation: Any part under a car’s hood; Male Interpretation: The strap fastener on a woman’s bra.

Umbrella: A shelter for one and a shower for two.

Heckler: A guy who ribs you the wrong way.

Intelligent conversationalist: One who nods his head in agreement while you’re talking.

Dandruff: Chips off the old block.

Graduate School: The place where a young scholar goes off his Dad’s payroll – and on to his wife’s.

Hypochondriac: One who enjoys poor health, then complains of feeling better.

Teacher: A person who swore she would starve before teaching, and who has been doing both ever since.

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

Preheat: To turn on the heat in an oven for a period of time before cooking a dish, so that the fingers may be burned when the food is put in, in addition to when it is removed.

In Mexico, we have a word for sushi… bait.

(1945 – 2008) American comedian & musician

Government Bureau: Where the taxpayer’s shirt is kept.

Chicken: An egg factory.

Vision: Looking farther than you can see.

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

Hole-In-One: An occurrence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole on a single shot by a golfer playing alone.

Nepotism: A form of favoritism – relatively speaking.

Management: A class of semi-skilled corporate hirelings whose rise within the organization correlates directly with the amount of work they delegate to their more-talented underlings.

Censor: A person who sticks his noes into other people’s business.

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