A police officer pulls over this guy who had been weaving in and out of the lanes. He goes up to the guy"s window and says, "Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyzer tube."
The man says, "Sorry officer, I can"t do that. I am an asthmatic. If I do that I"ll have a really bad asthma attack."
"Okay, fine. I need you to come down to the station to give a blood sample."
"I can"t do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I"ll bleed to death."
"Well, then we need an urine sample."
"I"m sorry, officer, I can"t do that either. I am also a diabetic. If I do that I"ll get really low blood sugar."
"All right then I need you to come out here and walk this white line."
"I can"t do that, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I"m too drunk to do that!"
n. - organized propagation of a doctrine by use of publicity, selected information, etc.
- usu. Derog. Ideas etc. So propagated. propagandist n. & adj. Propagandize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). [latin: related to *propagate]
PROPAGATOR
n. - person or thing that propagates.
- small heated box for germinating seeds or raising seedlings.
PROPENSITY
n. (pl. -ies) inclination, tendency. [latin propensus inclined]
PROPERTIED
adj. Having property, esp. Land.
PROPITIATE
v. (-ting) appease (an offended person etc.). propitiable adj. Propitiation n. Propitiator n. Propitiatory adj. [latin: related to *propitious]
PROPITIOUS
adj. - (of an omen etc.) Favourable, auspicious.
- (often foll. By for, to) suitable, advantageous. [latin propitius]
PROPORTION
—n. - a comparative part or share (large proportion of the profits). B comparative ratio (proportion of births to deaths).
- correct or pleasing relation of things or parts of a thing (has fine proportions; exaggerated out of all proportion).
- (in pl.) Dimensions; size (large proportions).
- math. Equality of ratios between two pairs of quantities, e.g. 3:5 and 9:15. —v. (usu. Foll. By to) make proportionate (proportion the punishment to the crime). [latin: related to *portion]
PROPRIETOR
n. (fem. Proprietress) 1 holder of property.
- owner of a business etc., esp. Of a hotel. proprietorial adj. [related to *proprietary]
