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?”
n. - a skin, esp. Of sheep or goat, prepared for writing or painting on. B manuscript written on this.
- high-grade paper resembling parchment. [latin pergamum, now bergama in turkey]
PARENTAGE
n. Lineage; descent from or through parents.
PARENTING
n. (skill of) bringing up children.
PAROCHIAL
adj. - of a parish.
- (of affairs, views, etc.) Merely local, narrow, or provincial. parochialism n. Parochially adv. [latin: related to *parish]
PARQUETRY
n. Use of wooden blocks to make floors or inlay for furniture.
PARRICIDE
n. - murder of a near relative, esp. Of a parent.
- person who commits parricide. parricidal adj. [latin: see *parent, *pater, *-cide]
PARSIMONY
n. Carefulness in the use of money etc.; stinginess. parsimonious adj. [latin parco pars- spare]
PARSONAGE
n. Church house provided for a parson.
PARTITION
—n. - structure dividing a space, esp. A light interior wall.
- division into parts, esp. Polit. Of a country. —v. - divide into parts.
- (foll. By off) separate (part of a room etc.) With a partition. [latin partior divide]
PARTITIVE
—adj. (of a word, form, etc.) Denoting part of a collective group or quantity. —n. Partitive word (e.g. Some, any) or form. [french or medieval latin: related to *partition]
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