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!"
- feel or make unable to breathe easily; suffocate.
- kill by suffocating. stifling adj. & adv. [origin uncertain]
STIGMA
n. (pl. -s or, esp. In sense 3, stigmata) 1 shame, disgrace.
- part of the pistil that receives the pollen in pollination.
- (in pl.) (in christian belief) marks like those on christ's body after the crucifixion, appearing on the bodies of certain saints etc. [greek stigma -mat- brand, dot]
STINGY
adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. Niggardly, mean. stingily adv. Stinginess n. [perhaps from *sting]
STITCH
in time n. Timely remedy.
- —n. - a (in sewing, knitting, or crocheting) single pass of a needle, or the resulting thread or loop etc. B particular method of sewing etc.
- least bit of clothing (hadn't a stitch on).
- sharp pain in the side induced by running etc. —v. Sew; make stitches (in). in stitches colloq. Laughing uncontrollably. Stitch up 1 join or mend by sewing.
- slang trick, cheat, betray. [old english: related to *stick2]
STOCKY
adj. (-ier, -iest) short and sturdy. stockily adv. Stockiness n.
STODGE
n. Colloq. Heavy fattening food. [imitative, after stuff and podge]
STODGY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 (of food) heavy and glutinous.
- dull and uninteresting. stodgily adv. Stodginess n.
STOKER
n. Person who tends a furnace, esp. On a steamship. [dutch]
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Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.