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Racehorse: A barn athlete.

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Confidence: What you have before you understand the problem.

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A man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president
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Sympathy: What one woman offers another in exchange for details.

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Sex: The formula by which one and one makes three.

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Fiber: Edible wood-pulp said to aid digestion and prolong life, so that we might enjoy another six or eight years in which to consume wood-pulp.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
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Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

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Zeal: A nervous disorder affecting the young and inexperienced.

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Alimony: The sum of money a man is commanded to pay his ex-wife in exchange for the pleasure of having her live under a separate roof.

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Antique: Something too old to be anything but too expensive.

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Interpreter: One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter’s advantage for the other to have said.

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

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Arithmetic: Being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

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Psychiatrist: A head coach.

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Small Town: Where everybody is interested in what the Joneses will name the latest baby, while a big city is where they worry about what the zoo will call the new elephant.

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Philosopher: One who, instead of crying over spilt milk, consoles himself with the thought that it was over four-fifths water.

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Ambition: Goaled rush.

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Senility: The pleasantly rueful experience of forgetting what we’ve forgotten.

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Limit: Maximum number of a particular fish that an angler can take in a day. This number varies from place to place and species to species, but it is a largely theoretical restriction with little practical application.

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Polygamy – the art of  parrot-folding.

comic actor-writer
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Amen: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.

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