The general went out to find that none of his GIs were there. One finally ran up, panting heavily.
"Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general was very skeptical about this explanation but at least he was here so he let the G.I. go.
Moments later, eight more GIs came up to the general panting, he asked them why they were late.
"Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general eyed them, feeling very skeptical but since he let the first guy go, he let them go, too.
A ninth GI jogged up to the general, panting heavily. "Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but..."
"Let me guess," the general interrupted, "it broke down."
"No," said the G.I., "there were so many dead horses in the road, it took forever to get around them."
- coffee n. Coffee with a dash of whiskey and a little sugar, topped with cream.
- stew n. Stew of mutton, potato, and onion.
- —adj. Of ireland or its people. —n. - celtic language of ireland.
- (prec. By the; treated as pl.) The people of ireland. [old english]
IRONY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 expression of meaning, often humorous or sarcastic, using language of a different or opposite tendency.
- apparent perversity of an event or circumstance in reversing human intentions.
- theatr. Use of language with one meaning for a privileged audience and another for those addressed or concerned. [greek eironeia pretended ignorance]
ISLAM
n. - the religion of the muslims, proclaimed by muhammad.
- the muslim world. islamic adj. [arabic, = submission (to god)]
ISLET
n. - small island.
- anat. Structurally distinct portion of tissue. [french diminutive of *isle]
ISSUE
—n. - a act of giving out or circulating shares, notes, stamps, etc. B quantity of coins, copies of a newspaper, etc., circulated at one time. C each of a regular series of a magazine etc. (the may issue).
- a outgoing, outflow. B way out, outlet, esp. The place of the emergence of a stream etc.
- point in question; important subject of debate or litigation.
- result; outcome.
- law children, progeny (without male issue). —v. (issues, issued, issuing) 1 literary go or come out.
- a send forth; publish; put into circulation. B supply, esp. Officially or authoritatively (foll. By to, with: issued passports to them; issued them with passports).
- a (often foll. By from) be derived or result. B (foll. By in) end, result.
- (foll. By from) emerge from a condition. at issue under discussion; in dispute. Join (or take) issue (foll. By with a person etc., about, on, over a subject) disagree or argue. [latin exitus: related to *exit]
ITCHY
adj. (-ier, -iest) having or causing an itch. have itchy feet colloq. - be restless.
- have a strong urge to travel. itchiness n.
IVORY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 hard substance of the tusks of an elephant etc.
- creamy-white colour of this.
- (usu. In pl.) A article made of ivory. B slang thing made of or resembling ivory, esp. A piano key or a tooth. [latin ebur]
- tower n. Seclusion or withdrawal from the harsh realities of life (often attrib.: ivory tower professors).
IAMBIC
prosody —adj. Of or using iambuses. —n. (usu. In pl.) Iambic verse.
IAMBUS
n. (pl. -buses or -bi) metrical foot consisting of one short followed by one long syllable (&iambus.). [greek, = lampoon]
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