Originally posted by: shamrish
For a change, let's look at some interesting definitions
Interesting definitions
School: A place where Papa Pays and Son Plays.
Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.
Nurse: A person who wakes up to give you sleeping pills.
Love Affairs: Something like the game of Cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test match.
Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.
Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"
Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.
Diplomat: A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
Father: A banker provided by nature.
Criminal: A guy no different from the rest...except that he got caught.
Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.
Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.