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!"
n. Form of highly syncopated early jazz, esp. For the piano.
RAGWORT
n. Yellow-flowered ragged-leaved plant.
RAILCAR
n. Single powered railway coach.
RAILING
n. (usu. In pl.) Fence or barrier made of rails.
RAILMAN
n. = *railwayman.
RAILWAY
n. - track or set of tracks of steel rails upon which trains run.
- such a system worked by a single company.
- organization and personnel required for its working.
RAIMENT
n. Archaic clothing. [arrayment: related to *array]
RAINBOW
trout n. Large trout orig. Of the pacific coast of n. America.
- —n. Arch of colours formed in the sky by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of the sun's rays in falling rain or in spray or mist. —adj. Many-coloured. [old english: related to *rain, *bow1]
RAKEOFF
n. Colloq. Commission or share.
RAMADAN
n. Ninth month of the muslim year, with strict fasting from sunrise to sunset. [arabic]
