Subject: Definitions (Page 52)

Shoplifting: Free enterprise.

Savages: People who don’t know what is wrong until missionaries show them.

A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn’t know enough to stay in the city.

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter

Derange: Where de buffalo roam.

Deficit: What you have when you don’t have as much as if you had nothing.

Conscience: The voice that tells you not to do something after you have done it.

World: A place that was built in six days – and looks it.

Good Neighbor: A fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb it.

Honesty: The fear of being caught.

Love: Oceans of emotions surrounded by expanses of expenses.

Revolutionary: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor.

Convict: The only person who likes to be stopped in the middle of a sentence.

Eulogy: Praise that’s too much and too late.

Necktie: A decorative noose worn by businessmen.

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

Sleeping Bag: A nap sack.

Cigarette: A bit of tobacco with a fire at one end and a fool at the other.

After-Dinner Speaker: A person who only has a few words to say, but seldom stops when he has said them.

Psychiatrist: A head coach.

Newspaper: A publication that condemns gambling and promotes lottery numbers.

A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher