Quirky definitions

A Bank
A place where they lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
Dentist
A person who extracts both your teeth and your money.
Jury
It consists of 12 people chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Pessimist
An optimist with experience.
City
A large community where people are lonesome together.
Friendship
A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather but only one in foul.
Secret
Something out tell to one person at a time.
Life
It’s what happens to you while you are making other plans.
Education
It’s what is left after what has been learned has been forgotten.
Hope
Desire and expectation rolled into one.
Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz; Friday, 12 September, 2008; Minneapolis Star-Tribune