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. - belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this.
- antagonism towards other races. racist n. & adj.
RACKET
n. (also racquet) 1 bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used in tennis, squash, etc.
- (in pl.) Game like squash, played in a court of four plain walls. [french raquette from arabic rahat palm of the hand]
- n. - disturbance, uproar, din.
- slang a scheme for obtaining money etc. By dishonest means. B dodge; sly game.
- colloq. Line of business. [perhaps imitative]
RACOON
n. (also raccoon) (pl. Same or -s) 1 n. American mammal with a bushy tail and sharp snout.
- its fur. [algonquian]
RADDLE
—n. Red ochre. —v. (-ling) 1 colour with raddle or too much rouge.
- (as raddled adj.) Worn out. [related to *ruddy]
RADIAL
—adj. - of or in rays.
- a arranged like rays or radii. B having spokes or radiating lines. C acting or moving along lines diverging from a centre.
- (in full radial-ply) (of a tyre) having fabric layers arranged radially and the tread strengthened. —n. Radial-ply tyre. radially adv. [medieval latin: related to *radius]
RADIAN
n. Si unit of angle, equal to an angle at the centre of a circle the arc of which is equal in length to the radius (1 radian is approx. 57°).
RADISH
n. - plant with a fleshy pungent root.
- this root, eaten esp. Raw. [latin *radix]
RADIUM
n. Radioactive metallic element orig. Obtained from pitchblende etc., used esp. In radiotherapy.
RADIUS
n. (pl. Radii or radiuses) 1 a straight line from the centre to the circumference of a circle or sphere. B length of this.
- distance from a centre (within a radius of 20 miles).
- a thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm. B corresponding bone in a vertebrate's foreleg or a bird's wing. [latin]
