Subject: Definitions (Page 39)

Zoo: A place where humans go and animals are barred.

Critic: One who boasts of being “hard to please” because nobody tries to please him. 

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Genius: One who can do almost anything except make a living.

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

Forger: The man who gives a check a bad name.

University: A college with a stadium seating more than sixty thousand.

Violinist: A high-strung musician.

Diet: Something you keep putting off while you keep putting on.

Foreign Aid: The transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

Liberal: Someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

Advice: Something which we give by the bushel but take by the grain.

Intuition: Suspicion in skirts.

Fore: A golf bawl.

Bachelor: One who treats all women as sequels.

Financial Wizard: A person who can earn money faster than the family can spend it.

Epitaph: A monumental lie.

Father’s Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

Science Fiction: Fairy tales for nerds.

Experience: A form of knowledge acquired only two ways: by doing and being done.

Childish Games: Those at which your wife beats you.

Electrocution: Burning at the stake with all modern improvements.