A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back.
A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house, and when the lady answered it, he said, "My father"s going to come and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to the door with tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, "That will cost you exactly ten dollars."
"But aren"t you the father of that young boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised.
"No," he answered, equally surprised. "Aren"t you his mother? "
- in a personal manner (took the criticism personally).
PERSUASION
n. - persuading.
- persuasiveness.
- belief or conviction.
- religious belief, or the group or sect holding it. [latin: related to *persuade]
PERSUASIVE
adj. Good at persuading. persuasively adv. Persuasiveness n. [french or medieval latin: related to *persuade]
PERVERSION
n. - perverting or being perverted.
- preference for an abnormal form of sexual activity. [latin: related to *pervert]
PESTILENCE
n. Fatal epidemic disease, esp. Bubonic plague. [latin pestis plague]
PHARMACIST
n. Person qualified to prepare and dispense drugs.
PHENOMENAL
adj. - extraordinary, remarkable.
- of the nature of a phenomenon. phenomenally adv.
PHENOMENON
n. (pl. -mena) 1 fact or occurrence that appears or is perceived, esp. One of which the cause is in question.
- remarkable person or thing. [greek phaino show]
PHILISTINE
—n. - member of a people of ancient palestine.
- (usu. Philistine) person who is hostile or indifferent to culture. —adj. (usu. Philistine) hostile or indifferent to culture. philistinism n. [hebrew pelistî]
