Subject: Definitions (Page 15)

American Idealism: Being willing to make any sacrifice that won’t hurt business.

Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Know-it-all: One who pretends to know something about everything but really knows nothing about anything.

Communism: Nobody’s got nothin’, but everybody’s workin’.

Conscience: An inner voice that warns us somebody is watching.

Egotist: A person of low taste more interested in himself than in me.

Collection: A church function in which many take but a passing interest.

Armadillo: Possum on the half shell.

Poor man: One feels genuinely sorry for him.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

Amen: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.

American: One who gets mad when a foreigner curses the institutions he curses.

Bachelor: A guy who is footloose and fiancee-free.

Intuition: The strange instinct that tells a woman she is right whether she is or not.

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

Wagging Tail: A happy ending.

Exhaustion: Sufficient cause for the hospitalization of a celebrity – the normal state of existence for the rest of the working world.

Jazz Musician: A juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

Kleptomaniac: A thief with breeding.

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

Expert: A man from another city, and the farther away that city is, the greater the expert.

Old Age: When you wink at a girl and she says, “Something wrong with your eyes?”

Accordian: An instrument inharmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist