Re: Some humor this morning

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Well, sorry about that...that was pretty messed up!

Hopefully this is better?

> You lovers of the English language might enjoy this . . There is

a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-

letter word, and that is " UP. "

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> It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top

of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why

are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary

to write UP a report?

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> We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room,

polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the

kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning. People

stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think

UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is

special.

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> And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is

stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at

night.

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> We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about

the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a

desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can

add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might

try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP

a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a

hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding

UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

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> When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.

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> When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

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> One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is

UP, so............ Time to shut UP......!

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> Oh...one more thing:

> What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you

do at night? U-P

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