A two letter word......

UP

 

Be sure to 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  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 plugged 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 a while, things dry UP . One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now because 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?

 

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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 !

PS:     IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT SOME THINGS COME  "UP"   AND  STAY "UP"  

Thanks Ivan