Subject: Definitions (Page 77)

Acoustic: An instrument used in shooting pool.

Advice: the smallest current coin.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Outdo: To make an enemy.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Diet Planner: A fast talker.

Fruitcake: The gift that keeps on giving.

Doctor: Someone who practices medicine but charges as if he knew.

Etiquette: A convenient code of conduct which makes lying a virtue and snobbishness a righteous deed.

Mirror: A truthful reflector shunned by vampires, hypocrites and aging fashion models.

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

Awe: Wow of silence.

Bliss: Having no idea what is really happening.

Necktie: A decorative noose worn by businessmen.

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

Death – to blink for an exceptionally long period of time.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that hey cannot separately plunder a third.

Weed: A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.

Flood: A river too big for its bridges.

Imagination: What puts men in asylums unless they are crazy enough to put it down on paper or canvas.

Heir Fare: Executor’s fee.

Percussive Maintenance: Striking a recalcitrant piece of electronic hardware in order to facilitate a successful reboot, and repeating as necessary.

Billboards: Litter on a stick.

Gossip: One with a keen sense of rumor.