Subject: Definitions (Page 60)

Omen: A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Three stages of sex in a man’s life: Tri Weekly, Try Weekly, and Try Weakly.

Awe: Wow of silence.

Hospital Bed: A parked taxi with the meter running.

Job: A state of employment everyone wants but few look forward to on a Monday morning.

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

Center Of Mass: The Priest.

Mouse: An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate.

Brassiere: A bust stop.

Fobia: The fear of misspelled words.

Math Anxiety: An intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 mph.

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

Geologist: Fault finder.

Bigamist: A man who makes the same mistake twice.

Depression: A period during which we have to get along without the things our grandparents never dreamed of.

Beauty parlor: A place where women curl up and dye.

Courtship: When a fellow and a girl are always trying to show how smart he is.

Consultant: Someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.

History: An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Narcissist: Psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst.

Government Deficit: The difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

Science: An orderly arrangement of what, at the moment, seems to be the facts.

Old age is when you know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer