Subject: Definitions (Page 19)

Wedding Ring: A one-man band.

Freudian Slip: Foot-in-mouth disease.

Philanthropist: One who returns to the people publicly what he steals from them privately.

Manicurist: A girl who makes money hand over fist.

Bigamist: A man who marries a beautiful girl and a good cook.

Insanity: Knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it.

Revolutionary: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor.

G String: Gownless evening strap.

Consciousness: The annoying time between naps.

Window: A looking-out glass.

Fad: A folly committed by enough of the right people to confer upon it the badge of status.

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

Martial Arts: A family of Asiatic self-defense disciplines consisting largely of sweeping ornamental gestures of the arms and legs – amusing to look at but disappointingly ineffective when one’s opponent is armed with a semi-automatic.

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

Upper Crust: People stuck together by their dough.

Quiet: A state of household serenity which occurs before the birth of the first child and occurs again after the last child has left for college.

Status Quo: Latin for “the mess we’re in.”

Disinheritance: Heir cut.

Hair dresser: Someone who is able to create a hair style you will never be able to duplicate again.

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

X-chromosome: A genetic double-cross that empowers women with the ability to bear children and reserves for men the right to be color-blind hemophiliacs.

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

Depression: A period during which we have to get along without the things our grandparents never dreamed of.