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     P Did that one crack you UP? OK, now  I'll shut UP !!