Subject: Definitions (Page 58)

Spine: A long, limber bone. Your head sets on one end and you set on the other.

Death: Life’s way of telling you you’ve been fired.

Detour: The roughest distance between two points.

Wisdom: Knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

Vision: Looking farther than you can see.

Grandmother: A babysitter who doesn’t hang around the refrigerator.

Twilight: All the difference between day and night.

Courage: Fear in action.

Democracy: A small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual difference.

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

Accordion: An instrument whose music is long drawn out.

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

Autobiography: An I-witness account

Neighbors: The strangers who live next door.

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

Electrocution: Burning at the stake with all modern improvements.

Toupée: Top secret.

Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.

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

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

Electrocardiograph: Ticker tape.

Multitasking: Messing up several chores at the same time.

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