The general went out to find that none of his GIs were there. One finally ran up, panting heavily.
"Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general was very skeptical about this explanation but at least he was here so he let the G.I. go.
Moments later, eight more GIs came up to the general panting, he asked them why they were late.
"Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general eyed them, feeling very skeptical but since he let the first guy go, he let them go, too.
A ninth GI jogged up to the general, panting heavily. "Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but..."
"Let me guess," the general interrupted, "it broke down."
"No," said the G.I., "there were so many dead horses in the road, it took forever to get around them."
n. Maintaining of prices at a certain level by agreement between competing sellers.
PRIZEGIVING
n. Awarding of prizes, esp. Formally at a school etc.
PRIZEWINNER
n. Winner of a prize. prizewinning attrib. Adj.
PROBABILITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 being probable.
- likelihood of something happening.
- probable or most probable event.
- math. Extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favourable cases to the total number of possible cases. in all probability most probably.
PROBATIONER
n. Person on probation.
PROBLEMATIC
adj. (also problematical) attended by difficulty; doubtful or questionable. problematically adv. [greek: related to *problem]
PROCRUSTEAN
adj. Seeking to enforce uniformity ruthlessly or violently. [greek prokroustes, name of a robber who fitted his victims to a bed by stretching them or cutting bits off them]
PROCURATION
n. - formal act of procuring.
- function or authorized action of an attorney. [latin: related to *procure]
PROFITEROLE
n. Small hollow choux bun, usu. Filled with cream and covered with chocolate. [french diminutive: related to *profit]
PROGESTOGEN
n. - steroid hormone (e.g. Progesterone) maintaining pregnancy and preventing further ovulation.
