mtrocket
Seasoned Member
Think about it...
UP
Read until the end.....you'll laugh....
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word
is 'UP.'It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv],[prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
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
Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you
look UP in your address
book..or not...it's UPto you.
Now
I'll shut UP
UP
Read until the end.....you'll laugh....
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word
is 'UP.'It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv],[prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
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
officersUPfor
election
officersUPfor
election
and why is it UP to the secretary to
write
UP a
report? We call
UP our friends,
brighten
UP a room,polish UP the
silver, warm
UPthe leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We
lock
UPthe house and
fix
UPthe old
car.
At other times this little word has real special
meaning. People stir
UP trouble,
line
UPfor
tickets, work
UP an appetite, and think UPexcuses.
And this UP is confusing: A
To be dressed is one
thing but to be dressedUPis
special.
thing but to be dressedUPis
special.
And this UP is confusing: A
drain must be opened
UP because it is stopped UP.
We openUPa store in the morning but we close it UPat
night
night
We seem to be pretty mixed
UPabout UP !
To be
knowledgeable about the proper uses of
knowledgeable about the proper uses of
UP,
look UPthe word UP in the dictionary.. In a desk-sized
look UPthe word UP in the dictionary.. In a desk-sized
dictionary, it takes
UPalmost 1/4 of the page and canaddUPto about
thirty definitions
If you areUP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many waysUP is used.. It will takeUPa lot of your time,but if you don't giveUP,you may
windUP with a hundred or more.
windUP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is
clouding
clouding
UP . When the sun comes out
we say it is clearingUP. When it rains, it
soaksUP the
earth. When it does not rain for awhile, thingsdry UP.One could go on &on, butI'll wrap
it
soaksUP the
earth. When it does not rain for awhile, thingsdry UP.One could go on &on, butI'll wrap
it
UP, for now ........my time is UP !
Oh....one more thing:
Oh....one more thing:
What is the first thing you
do in the morning & the last thing you do at
night?
do in the morning & the last thing you do at
night?
U
P
P
!
Did that one crack youUP?
Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you
look UP in your address
book..or not...it's UPto you.
Now
I'll shut UP