One night a father sent his kid to bed. Five minutes later the boy screamed, “Dad! Can you get me a glass of water!?!”
“No. You had your chance.”
A minute later the boy screamed, “Dad!! Can you get me a glass of water?”
“No. You had your chance. Next time you ask I’ll come up there and spank you.”
“Dad! When you come up to spank me can you bring me a glass of water?”
acid n. Very poisonous and sour acid found in sorrel and rhubarb leaves. [greek oxalis wood sorrel]
OXFORD
blue adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) a dark blue, often with a purple tinge.
OXHIDE
n. - hide of an ox.
- leather from this.
OXTAIL
n. Tail of an ox, often used in making soup.
OXYGEN
n. Tasteless odourless gaseous element essential to plant and animal life. [greek oxus sharp, *-gen (because it was thought to be present in all acids)]
- tent n. Tentlike enclosure supplying a patient with air rich in oxygen.
OYSTER
white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) greyish white.
- —n. - bivalve mollusc, esp. An edible kind, sometimes producing a pearl.
- symbol of all one desires (the world is my oyster).
