The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
- fibre from its leaves, used for weaving and for tying plants etc. [malagasy]
RAFFLE
—n. Fund-raising lottery with prizes. —v. (-ling) (often foll. By off) sell by means of a raffle. [french raf(f)le, a dice-game]
RAFTER
n. Each of the sloping beams forming the framework of a roof. [old english]
RAGBAG
n. - bag for scraps of fabric etc.
- miscellaneous collection.
RAGGED
adj. - torn; frayed.
- in ragged clothes.
- with a broken or jagged outline or surface.
- faulty, imperfect; lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity. [old norse]
- robin n. Pink-flowered campion with tattered petals.
RAGLAN
—adj. (of a sleeve) running up to the neck of a garment. —n. (often attrib.) Overcoat without shoulder seams, the sleeves running up to the neck. [lord raglan]
RAGOUT
n. Meat stewed with vegetables and highly seasoned. [french]
RAGTAG
n. (in full ragtag and bobtail) derog. Rabble or common people. [from *rag1]
RAISIN
n. Dried grape. [latin: related to *raceme]
RAISON
d'Etre n. (pl. Raisons d'Etre pronunc. Same) purpose or reason that accounts for, justifies, or originally caused a thing's existence. [french]
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