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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 02:48 PM
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This is a little long, but funny!
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 , , , or .

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 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 mess 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


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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 03:50 PM
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1. Interesting!
I'd never thought much about "up," but now I have to look "up" up and try to find out why we use it so much.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 05:02 PM
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2. Up Yours!
:D
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 10:06 PM
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3. I may take you UP on that.
:toast:
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 11:34 PM
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6. Hehe
What are you UP to later?

:D
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 06:54 AM
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8. Dunno, for sure
I may go shopping UPtown - but then, there may be more bargains to be had DOWNtown. :shrug:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 10:11 PM
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4. now I will be uptight every time I say Up.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 10:25 PM
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5. Once again...
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...Yoopers are being ignored.
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"Beer Gut" by Da Yoopers
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQ8kbDRWKc&feature=related
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 12:30 AM
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7. Something I used to tell my kids when they were little is...
IF is a mighty big word for only two letters.
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