Subject: Definitions (Page 17)

Bowling: Marbles for grown-ups.

Epitaph: A monumental lie.

Communist: One who has yearnings for equal division of unequal earnings.

Electrocardiograph: Ticker tape.

Abortion: Love's labor lost.

Sunburn: Getting what you basked for.

Vuja de: The feeling you've never been here.

Hindsight: What one experiences from changing too many diapers.

Husband: A polygamous animal in a monogamous strait-jacket.

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

Astronomer: Night watchman.

Gold Digger: A woman after all.

Advertising: That which makes you think you’ve longed all your life for something you never even heard of.

Hula Dancer: A shake in the grass.

Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

Hydroponic Gardening: Using a plant to convert water into yard work.

Bachelor: A man who can get out of bed from either side.

Economist: One who takes a lot of unwarranted assumptions and reaches a foregone conclusion.

Lawyer: A professional advocate hired to bend the law on behalf of a paying client; for this reason considered the most suitable background for entry into politics.

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

Atheist: A man who has no invisible means of support.

(1875 – 1940) Scottish novelist, historian & Governor General of Canada

Theory: A hunch with a college education.