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A friend sent me this great list of definitions this morning

Category
Definitions
Love affairs Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test.
Lecture An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"
Conference The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
Compromise The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
Tears The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water-power.
Conference Room A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.
Ecstasy A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before.
Classic A book which people praise, but do not read.
Smile A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
Office A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Etc. A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
Committee Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

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