A drummer, sick of all the drummer jokes, decides to change his instrument. After some thought, he decides on the accordion.
So he goes to the music store and says to the owner, "I"d like to look at the accordions, please."
The owner gestures to a shelf in the corner and says, "All our accordions are over there."
After browsing, the drummer says, "I think I"d like the big red one in the corner."
The store owner looks at him and says, "You"re a drummer, aren"t you?"
The drummer, crestfallen, says, "How did you know?"
The store owner says, "That "big red accordion" is the radiator."
clerk n. Official performing various duties for a church.
- council n. Administrative body in a civil parish.
- n. - area having its own church and clergyman.
- (in full civil parish) local government district.
- inhabitants of a parish. [latin parochia from greek oikos dwelling]
- register n. Book recording christenings, marriages, and burials, at a parish church.
PARITY
n. - equality, equal status or pay.
- parallelism or analogy (parity of reasoning).
- equivalence of one currency with another; being at par. [latin paritas: related to *par]
PARKIN
n. Cake of ginger, oatmeal, treacle, etc. [origin uncertain]
PARLEY
—n. (pl. -s) conference of disputants, esp. To discuss peace terms etc. —v. (-leys, -leyed) (often foll. By with) hold a parley. [french parler: related to *parlance]
PARLOR
n. (brit. Parlour) 1 archaic sitting-room in a private house. 2 esp. Us shop providing specified goods or services (beauty parlour; ice-cream parlour). [anglo-french: related to *parley]
PARODY
—n. (pl. -ies) 1 humorous exaggerated imitation of an author, literary work, style, etc.
