Subject: Definitions (Page 30)

Radical: Anyone whose opinion differs from ours.

Mixed Company: What you are in when you think of a story you can’t tell there.

Makeup: Lipstick, eyeliner, blush which ironically makes Mom look better while making her young daughter look “like a tramp.”

Daughter: A person who Dad likes because she reminds him why he married his wife, and who Mom is afraid of because she reminds her of why her husband married her.

Budget: Telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

Altar: Place where a man loses control of himself.

Morality: An instinctive sense of right and wrong that tells some people how everyone else should behave.

Free Verse: Verse written without rhyme or reason.

Great Timesaver: Love at first sight.

Blurt: To speak the truth.

Bad Driver: The person you run into.

Neighbors: The strangers who live next door.

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Fern: A plant that you’re supposed to water once a day, and when you don’t it dies, but if you do it dies anyway, only not so soon.

Flashlight: A case for storing dead batteries.

Virtue: Lack of opportunity.

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

Amateur Athlete: An athlete who is paid in cash, not by check..

Luxury Resort: One where a waiter expects a $2 tip when he presents a $6 bill for serving a $3.50 bottle of beer.

Luck: An explanation for the other fellows’ success.

Falsies: A helpful aid to any girl in acquiring a disappointed husband.

Old Age: When you find yourself using one bend-over to pick up two things.