Subject: Definitions (Page 77)

Teacher: A disillusioned woman who used to think she liked children.

Yardstick: One foot on each side and one in the middle.

Chef: Any cook who swears in French.

Sewing Circle: Where friendship hangs by a thread.

Argument: A discussion that occurs when you’re right, but the other person hasn’t realized it yet.

Slander: To lie, or tell the truth, about someone.

Craze: The other guy’s hobby.

Morality: An instinctive sense of right and wrong that tells some people how everyone else should behave.

Apex: A gorilla’s old girlfriend.

Bigamist: A man who marries a beautiful girl and a good cook.

Learning: The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Americans: People with more time-saving devices and less time than any other people in the world.

Consultant: Someone who borrows your watch then tells you what time it is.

Niagara Falls: The bride’s second great disappointment.

Organic Farm: Tilling like it is.

Chivalry: The attitude of a man toward somebody else’s wife.

Epitaph: A monumental lie.

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

Neighbors: The strangers who live next door.

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

Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head.

Nepotism: Putting on heirs.