Subject: Definitions (Page 66)

The best definition of an honest politician is one who… when he is bought, stays bought.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

Alimony: A splitting headache.

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

Bisexual: A person who pays for sex.

Fern: A plant that you’re supposed to water once a day, and when you don’t it dies, but if you do it dies anyway, only not so soon.

Suburbia: Where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them.

Sweater: Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Credit: A commodity that becomes better the less it is used.

Waffle: A pancake with a nonskid tread.

Consultant: A jobless person who shows executives how to work.

Parenthood: Feeding the mouth that bites you.

Toothache: The pain that drives you to extraction.

Doctor: A man who suffers from good health.

Auditor: A person who goes in after the war is lost to bayonet the wounded.

Life: A sexually transmitted disease with 100% fatality rate.

I.O.U.: A type of paper wait.

Honest Politician: One who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

Mother-in-law: A woman who destroys her son-in-law’s peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers.

Propaganda: Baloney disguised as food for thought.

Dictatorship: A place where public opinion can’t even be expressed privately.

Heir Fare: Executor’s fee.