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    An amazing 2 letter English word.

    A reminder that one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition.


    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 officers UP for election and why is it UPto 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 UPthe kitchen. We lock UPthe house and fix UP the old car.


    At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UPtrouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UPexcuses.



    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 UPat night. We seem to be pretty mixed UPabout 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 UPto about thirty definitions.


    If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UPis 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, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap itUP, for now . . . my time is UP!



    Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and 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.

    Now I'll shut UP!
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    This is your mind on drugs!

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    Wannabe is offline Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018
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    What uppity prankster put you up to that Dave?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wannabe View Post
    What uppity prankster put you up to that Dave?
    Dave's always trying to one UP someone...UP his I say!......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    Now that I think of it, it's up up and away for me!
    This is your mind on drugs!

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