The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
adj. - characteristic of a painter or paintings; artistic.
- (of a painting) lacking clearly defined outlines.
PAINTWORK
n. Painted, esp. Wooden, surface or area in a building etc.
PAKISTANI
—n. (pl. -s) 1 native or national of pakistan.
- person of pakistani descent. —adj. Of pakistan.
PALANQUIN
n. (also palankeen) (in india and the east) covered litter for one. [portuguese]
PALATABLE
adj. - pleasant to taste.
- (of an idea etc.) Acceptable, satisfactory.
PALEOCENE
(brit. Palaeocene) geol. —adj. Of the earliest epoch of the tertiary period. —n. This epoch or system. [from *palaeo-, greek kainos new]
PALEOZOIC
(brit. Palaeozoic) —adj. Of an era of geological time marked by the appearance of plants and animals, esp. Invertebrates. —n. This era. [greek zoion animal]
PALLADIUM
n. Rare white metallic element used as a catalyst and in jewellery. [pallas, name of an asteroid]
PALLIASSE
n. Straw mattress. [latin: related to *pallet1]
PALMISTRY
n. Fortune-telling from lines etc. On the palm of the hand. palmist n.
