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Ditter43 02-07-2011 07:03 AM

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
officers UP for 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 UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

At other times this 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.
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. We seem to be pretty mixed
UP about UP !

To be
knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP
the word UP in the dictionary.. In a desk-sized
dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 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 i s 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. When it rains, it
soaks UP the
earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on & on, but I'll wrap
it UP, for now ........my time is UP!

Oh....one more thing:
What is the first thing you
do in the morning & the last thing you do at
night?

U
P !



Did that one crack you UP?

Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you
look UP in your address
book..or not...it's UP to you.

lovingmama 02-07-2011 07:08 AM

Now I'm UP too,

U nder
P ressure

:-P

raptureready 02-07-2011 07:10 AM

Oh Ditter, how I've missed you the past couple of weeks. I'm going to look up all the jokes I've missed. Life got in the way and I messed UP on reading your jokes.

deanneellen 02-07-2011 07:50 AM

Gotta love the English language. No wonder it is one of the hardest for others to learn. I think it's right UP there with Mandarin Chinese!

dakotamaid 02-07-2011 07:51 AM

You help me keep healthy, they say one good belly laugh a day works wonders. You and this board keep me going!! :)

quiltlonger 02-07-2011 08:36 AM

laughing UP from the belly!

littlehud 02-07-2011 08:43 AM

I love that one. You always make me laugh.

sewwhat85 02-07-2011 09:22 AM

that was a great one

Janie Q 02-07-2011 10:59 AM

Really cracked me up!


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