Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.