Definitions for Modern Times
Published Jan 01, 1900
BEAUTY PARLOR:
A place where women curl up and dye.
CHICKENS:
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.
COMMITTEE:
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
GOSSIP:
A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage.
HANDKERCHIEF:
Cold Storage.
INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.
YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.
TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
