A man met his tailor in the street and stopped him.
"I quite forgot to pay for the suit which I have on now," he said. "Why didn"t you remind me?"
"I never ask a gentleman for money," the tailor replied.
"Then what do you do if he doesn"t pay?"
"Well, after some time I no longer think he is a gentleman and then I ask him."
- excellence adv. Being the supreme example of its kind (the short story par excellence). [french]
- n. - average or normal amount, degree, condition, etc. (feel below par).
- equality; equal status or footing (on a par with).
- golf number of strokes a first-class player should normally require for a hole or course.
- face value of stocks and shares etc. (at par).
- (in full par of exchange) recognized value of one country's currency in terms of another's. par for the course colloq. What is normal or to be expected. [latin, = equal]
