A man was driving down the road with twenty penguins in the back seat.
The police stop him and say that he can’t drive around with the penguins in the car and should take them to the zoo.
The man agrees and drives off.
The next day the same man is driving down the road with twenty penguins in the back and again he is stopped by the same police officer who says, "Hey! I thought I told you to take those to the zoo."
The man replies, "I did. Today I’m taking them to the movies."
- (foll. By out) get (a thing) out of a person or cheat (a person) out of a thing by wheedling. [origin uncertain]
WHEELER
comb. Form vehicle with a specified number of wheels (three-wheeler).
WHEELIE
n. Slang stunt of riding a bicycle or motor cycle with the front wheel off the ground.
WHEREAS
conj. - in contrast or comparison with the fact that.
- (esp. In legal preambles) taking into consideration the fact that.
WHEREBY
conj. By what or which means.
WHEREIN
conj. Formal in what or which place or respect.
WHEREOF
conj. Formal of what or which.
WHETHER
conj. Introducing the first or both of alternative possibilities (i doubt whether it matters; i do not know whether they have arrived or not). whether or no whether it is so or not. [old english]
WHIMPER
—v. Make feeble, querulous, or frightened sounds. —n. Such a sound. [imitative]
WHIPPET
n. Crossbred dog of the greyhound type used for racing. [probably from obsolete whippet move briskly, from whip it]
