Posted: 5/31/2005 4:17:26 AM EDT
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This has some great definitions from a writer back around 1900. Example: DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep. MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. MISFORTUNE, n. The kind of fortune that never misses. PEDESTRIAN, n. The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile. POSITIVE, adj. Mistaken at the top of one's voice.   Devils dictinary by Ambrose Bierce |
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