Subject: Definitions (Page 69)

Class Reunion: A gathering where you come to the conclusion that most of the people your own age are a lot older than you are.

Riding: The art of keeping a horse between yourself and the ground.

Selfishness: A state of mine.

Delta: A river with its mouth full of mud.

Philosophers: People who talk about something they don’t understand, and make you think it’s your fault.

Union: A dues-paying club workers wield to strike management.

Hot Pants: Breeches of promise.

Childhood: The rapidly shrinking interval between infancy and first arrest on a drug or weapons charge.

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Petting: The study of anatomy in braille.

Experience: Something you don’t get until just after you needed it.

Lottery: The equivalent of betting that the next pope will be from Duluth, or that the parrot in the pet store window speaks Flemish.

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Toast: The only thing that can be eaten or drunk.

Dog Pound: A used cur lot.

Retirement: The time of life when you stop lying about your age and start lying about the house.

Sewing Circle: Where friendship hangs by a thread.

CPR: An emergency exercise that helps concerned onlookers feel useful while the victim expires.

Inflation: When nobody has enough money because everybody has too much.

Kleenex: Your daily nose-paper.

Vaccine: A microbe with his face washed.

Heckler: A guy who ribs you the wrong way.

Age: The time when everything hurts and what doesn’t hurt, doesn’t work.