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!"
- (of an inherited characteristic) appearing in offspring only when not masked by an inherited dominant characteristic.
RECHERCHE
adj. - carefully sought out; rare or exotic.
- far-fetched. [french]
RECIPIENT
n. Person who receives something. [italian or latin: related to *receive]
RECKONING
n. - counting or calculating.
- consideration or opinion.
- settlement of an account.
RECOGNIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 identify as already known.
- realize or discover the nature of.
- (foll. By that) realize or admit.
- acknowledge the existence, validity, character, or claims of.
- show appreciation of; reward.
- (foll. By as, for) treat. recognizable adj. [latin recognosco]
RECOLLECT
v. - remember.
- succeed in remembering; call to mind. [latin recolligo: related to *collect1]
RECOMBINE
v. (-ning) combine again or differently.
RECOMMEND
v. - suggest as fit for some purpose or use.
- advise as a course of action etc.
- (of qualities, conduct, etc.) Make acceptable or desirable.
- (foll. By to) commend or entrust (to a person or a person's care). recommendation n. [medieval latin: related to *re-]
RECONCILE
v. (-ling) 1 make friendly again after an estrangement.
- (usu. In refl. Or passive; foll. By to) make acquiescent or contentedly submissive to (something disagreeable).
- settle (a quarrel etc.).
- a harmonize, make compatible. B show the compatibility of by argument or in practice. reconcilable adj. Reconciliation n. [latin: related to *conciliate]
RECONDITE
adj. - (of a subject or knowledge) abstruse, out of the way, little known.
- (of an author or style) dealing in abstruse knowledge or allusions, obscure. [latin recondo -dit- put away]
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