A doctor and a lawyer were attending a cocktail party when the doctor was approached by a man who asked advice on how to handle his ulcer.
The doctor mumbled some medical advice, then turned to the lawyer and asked,
"How do you handle the situation when you are asked for advice during a social function?"
"Just send a bill for such advice" replied the lawyer.
On the next morning the doctor arrived at his surgery and issued the ulcer-stricken man a $50 bill.
That afternoon he received a $100 bill from the lawyer.
n. - small flat-bladed tool for spreading mortar etc.
- scoop for lifting small plants or earth. [latin trulla]
TRUANT
—n. - child who stays away from school.
- person who avoids work etc. —adj. Shirking, idle, wandering. —v. (also play truant) be a truant. truancy n. (pl. -ies). [french, probably from celtic]
TRUDGE
—v. (-ging) 1 go on foot, esp. Laboriously.
- traverse (a distance) in this way. —n. Trudging walk. [origin unknown]
TRUISM
n. Statement too hackneyed to be worth making, e.g. ‘nothing lasts for ever’.
TRUSTY
—adj. (-ier, -iest) archaic or joc. Trustworthy (a trusty steed). —n. (pl. -ies) prisoner given special privileges for good behaviour.
TRYING
adj. Annoying, vexatious; hard to endure.
TRYOUT
n. Experimental test.
TSETSE
n. African fly feeding on blood and transmitting esp. Sleeping-sickness. [tswana]
TSHIRT
n. Short-sleeved casual top having the form of a t when spread out.
