Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer see"s a car puttering along at 22 MPH.
He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over. Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back, wide eyed and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don"t understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?"
"Ma"am," the officer replies, "You weren"t speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."
"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly twenty-two miles an hour!" the old woman says a bit proudly.
The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle, explains to her that "22" was the route number, not the speed limit.
A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.
"But before I let you go, Ma"am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven"t muttered a single peep this whole time," the officer asks.
"Oh, they"ll be all right in a minute officer. We just got off Route 142."
- catlike. —n. Animal of the cat family. felinity n. [latin feles cat]
FELLER
n. = *fellow 1.
FELLOE
n. (also felly) (pl. -s or -ies) outer circle (or a section of it) of a wheel. [old english]
FELLOW
n. - colloq. Man or boy (poor fellow!).
- (usu. In pl.) Person in a group etc.; comrade (separated from their fellows).
- counterpart; one of a pair.
- equal; peer.
- a incorporated senior member of a college. B elected graduate paid to do research.
- member of a learned society.
- (attrib.) Of the same group etc. (fellow-countryman). [old english from old norse]
FELONY
n. (pl. -ies) serious, usu. Violent, crime. felonious adj.
FEMALE
—adj. - of the sex that can give birth or produce eggs.
- (of plants) fruit-bearing.
- of women or female animals or plants.
- (of a screw, socket, etc.) Hollow to receive an inserted part. —n. Female person, animal, or plant. [latin diminutive of femina woman, assimilated to male]
FENDER
n. - low frame bordering a fireplace.
- naut. Padding protecting a ship against impact.
- us vehicle's bumper.
FENNEL
n. Yellow-flowered fragrant herb used for flavouring. [latin fenum hay]
FERIAL
adj. Eccl. (of a day) not a festival or fast. [latin feria *fair2]
FEROUS
comb. Form (usu. -iferous) forming adjectives with the sense ‘bearing’, ‘having’ (odoriferous). [latin fero bear]
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