Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager, "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
n. (pl. -ies) 1 state ruled by or government of a prince.
- (the principality) wales.
PROCESSIONAL
—adj. - of processions.
- used, carried, or sung in processions. —n. Eccl. Processional hymn or hymn book.
PRODUCTIVITY
n. - being productive, capacity to produce.
- amount produced by an industry, workforce, etc.
PROFESSIONAL
—adj. - of, belonging to, or connected with a profession.
- a skilful, competent. B worthy of a professional (professional conduct).
- engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation (professional boxer).
- derog. Engaged in a specified activity, esp. Fanatically (professional agitator). —n. Professional person. professionally adv.
PROGESTERONE
n. A steroid hormone which stimulates the preparation of the uterus for pregnancy and maintains the uterus in the event of fertilization. [german: related to *pro-1, *gestation]
PROLEGOMENON
n. (pl. -mena) (usu. In pl.) Preface to a book etc., esp. When critical or discursive. [greek lego say]
PROPHYLACTIC
—adj. Tending to prevent disease etc. —n. - preventive medicine or action.
- esp. Us condom. [greek, = keeping guard before]
PROPORTIONAL
adj. In due proportion; comparable (proportional increase in the expense). proportionally adv.
- representation n. Electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.
PROTACTINIUM
n. Radioactive metallic element. [german: related to *actinium]
PROTECTORATE
n. - a state that is controlled and protected by another. B this relation.
- hist. A office of the protector of a kingdom or state. B period of this, esp. In england 1653–9.
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A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.