Subject: Definitions (Page 65)

Tavern: Thirst come, thirst served.

Exhaustion: Sufficient cause for the hospitalization of a celebrity – the normal state of existence for the rest of the working world.

Fable: A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew.

Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do.

Gentleman: A man who remembers a woman’s birthday but forgets her age.

Traffic Light: A little green light that changes to red as your car approaches.

Phillips Screwdriver: Used  to round off Phillips screw heads.

Price: Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Widow: A woman who knows her husband’s whereabouts at all times.

Bored: To attend meetings.

Mercy: An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Post Office: U.S. Snail.

Blurt: To speak the truth.

Archaeologist: A person whose career lies in ruins.

Adolescence: That period when children feel their parents should be told the facts of life.

Frisbeetarianism: The belief that, when you die, your Soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.

Truce: Friendship.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Alarm Clock: That which scares the daylight out of you.

Cleavage: Something which excites disapproval in everyone but the audience.

Candidate: A person who asks for money from the wealthy and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.

Advertising: The rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist