A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"
The father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don"t ask questions, you never learn nothin"."
n. Building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain prisoners.
GUESTHOUSE
n. Private house offering paid accommodation.
GUESTIMATE
n. (also guesstimate) colloq. Estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation. [from *guess, *estimate]
GUILLOTINE
—n. - machine with a blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading.
- device for cutting paper etc.
- method of preventing delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on. —v. (-ning) use a guillotine on. [guillotin, name of a physician]
GUINEAFOWL
n. African fowl with slate-coloured white-spotted plumage.
GUNSLINGER
n. Esp. Us slang gunman.
GYMNASTICS
n.pl. (also treated as sing.) 1 exercises performed in order to develop or display physical agility.
- other forms of physical or mental agility.
GYMNOSPERM
n. Any of a group of plants having seeds unprotected by an ovary, including conifers, cycads, and ginkgos. [greek gumnos naked]
GYNECOLOGY
n. (brit. Gynaecology) science of the physiological functions and diseases of women. gynaecological adj. Gynaecologist n. [greek gune gunaik- woman, *-logy]
