Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents the week before Christmas.
At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs.
"I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE…
I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO…
I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR…"
His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn’t deaf."
To which the little brother replied, "No, but Grandma is!”
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SUBSECTION
n. Division of a section.
SUBSEQUENT
adj. (usu. Foll. By to) following, esp. As a consequence. subsequently adv. [latin sequor follow]
SUBSIDIARY
—adj. - supplementary; auxiliary.
- (of a company) controlled by another. —n. (pl. -ies) subsidiary thing, person, or company. [latin: related to *subsidy]
SUBSTITUTE
—n. - (also attrib.) Person or thing acting or used in place of another.
- artificial alternative to a food etc. —v. (-ting) (often foll. By for) (cause to) act as a substitute. substitution n. [latin substituo -tut-]
SUBSTRATUM
n. (pl. -ta) underlying layer or substance.
SUBTERFUGE
n. - attempt to avoid blame or defeat esp. By lying or deceit.
- statement etc. Used for such a purpose. [latin]
SUBTROPICS
n.pl. Regions adjacent to the tropics. subtropical adj.
SUBVENTION
n. Subsidy. [latin subvenio assist]
SUBVERSIVE
—adj. Seeking to subvert (esp. A government). —n. Subversive person. subversion n. Subversively adv. Subversiveness n. [medieval latin subversivus: related to *subvert]
A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.
