Subject: Definitions (Page 32)

Birth Control: Evasion of the issue.

Adolescence: The age between puberty and adultery.

Toast: The only thing that can be eaten or drunk.

Fishing: A venerable contest in which modern man pits his intelligence and technology against the native wit of primitive aquatic vertebrates, and generally finishes second.

Market Correction: The day after you buy stocks.

Double Jeopardy: When your doctor calls in a consulting physician.

Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Barber: A brilliant conversationalist who cuts hair for a sideline.

Experience: The name an older man gives to his mistakes.

Dictator: One who thinks he can take it – no matter to whom it belongs.

Patron: A customer who doesn't ask prices.

Babysitter: One who accepts hush money.

Archaeologist: A person whose career lies in ruins.

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

Florida: God's waiting room.

Tolerance: Another word for indifference.

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

My definition of a redundancy is an air bag in a politician's car.

(1931– 2012) American actor, producer & director

Bimbo: Any woman to whom you pay a compliment, while in the company of your wife.

Take: To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Hero: One who is afraid to run away.