 
- bride
- 1.
the purchasing power of a dowry.
- 2.
a commodity which loses 80% of its value upon the first night following purchase.
- trade
-
to exchange differing commodities of equal value—as Quantum Physics teaches us, there are no equal values, even at the atomic level, we must conclude that to trade is to cheat.
- lottery
-
a tax on stupidity.
- standardized
-
a level of excellence determined by averages which if represented on a time/percentage graph, would have to appear to be taking us back in time.
- tree
-
a detritus sloughing obstacle to views of the forested horizons.
- constitution
-
one’s health and underlying physical makeup which if abused results in early, often sudden and unexpected, death; see also US Constitution.
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