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09:36 PM Jun 10 2008 \| Reply
minora_2006 United Arab Emirates	Funny though real definitions *School:* A place where Papa pays and Son plays. Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich. Nurse: A person who wakes you up to give you sleeping pills. Marriage: It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters. *Tears:* The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower. Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either" *Conference:* The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present. Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece. Dictionary: A place where success comes before work. Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on. Father: A banker provided by nature. Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early. Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after. Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills. Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read. Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight. Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life. Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth. Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together. Experience: The name men give to their mistakes. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions. *Philosopher:* A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise after death

09:36 PM Jun 10 2008 | Reply

minora_2006

United Arab Emirates

Funny though real definitions

School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.

Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.

Nurse: A person who wakes you up to give you sleeping pills.

Marriage: It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.

Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"

Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.

Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.

Father: A banker provided by nature.

Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.

Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.

Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read.

Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise after death

09:44 PM Jun 10 2008 \| Reply
Randyinseattle United States	Diplomacy: the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a manner that they look forward to the trip.

09:44 PM Jun 10 2008 | Reply

Randyinseattle

United States

Diplomacy: the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a manner that they look forward to the trip.

01:53 AM Jun 11 2008 \| Reply
dignified Turkey	Dear Minora,these are really amusing:)Especially politician's definition fits Turkey's politic figures.

01:53 AM Jun 11 2008 | Reply

dignified

Turkey

Dear Minora,these are really amusing:)Especially politician's definition fits Turkey's politic figures.

09:32 AM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
hatche Saudi Arabia	Lo0o0o0ol … Yeah You Are Right ….... Thanx

09:32 AM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

hatche

Saudi Arabia

Lo0o0o0ol … Yeah You Are Right ….... Thanx

10:26 AM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
emosch Turkey	u r rıght!! thnx

10:26 AM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

emosch

Turkey

u r rıght!! thnx

10:28 AM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
monatta Saudi Arabia	amazing funny difinitions and most are truth thanks minora

10:28 AM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

monatta

Saudi Arabia

amazing funny difinitions and most are truth

thanks minora

10:37 AM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
Randyinseattle United States	Sarcasm – The the body's natural defense against stupidity

10:37 AM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

Randyinseattle

United States

Sarcasm – The the body's natural defense against stupidity

10:56 AM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
Jane Doe Indonesia	Sarcasm – The the body's natural defense against stupidity I love this Randy :D

10:56 AM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

Jane Doe

Indonesia

Sarcasm – The the body's natural defense against stupidity

I love this Randy :D

11:51 AM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
hakimi Yemen	Hahah all very nice definitions except one… I will add this definition: Ebaby….The place where you can waste most your time in empty arguing instead of spending this time with your wife..in lovely talk,,

11:51 AM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

hakimi

Yemen

Hahah all very nice definitions except one…
I will add this definition:
Ebaby….The place where you can waste most your time in empty arguing instead of spending this time with your wife..in lovely talk,,

01:21 PM Jun 12 2008 \| Reply
birgül1 Turkey	Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions. I like these,especially:)thANKS minora.

01:21 PM Jun 12 2008 | Reply

birgül1

Turkey

Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight

Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

I like these,especially:)thANKS minora.