Subject: Definitions (Page 40)

Clergyman: A ticket speculator outside the gates of Heaven.

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

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

Easy Payments: The ones that are easier said than done.

Twilight: All the difference between day and night.

Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time.

Penis: Part of the male anatomy which contains the brain.

Knitting: An exercise that gives women something to do when they are talking.

Ignoramus: Someone who doesn’t know something that you learned yesterday.

Bore: A person who takes his time taking your time.

Dachshund: An animal half a dog high by a dog and a half long.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Miser: A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

Agent: Someone who believes an actor takes 85 percent of his money.

Waiter: A guy who believes money grows on a tray.

Wife: A former sweetheart.

Anesthetic: The painkiller that crazy women refuse during labor.

Dust: Mud with the juice squeezed out.

Preheat: To turn on the heat in an oven for a period of time before cooking a dish, so that the fingers may be burned when the food is put in, in addition to when it is removed.

Taxidermist: A man who mounts animals.

Telephone: An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Admiral: A general at sea.

Learning: The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist