Tuesday, November 30, 2010

UP!

Thanks Keith.  I just couldn't resist posting this one. Hope you don't mind.



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 is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't giveUP, 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  
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Did that one crack you UP?

OK, now 
I'll shut UP !!

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