Thursday, August 27, 2009

Amazing word "UP"

“UP” is really amazing & full of fun

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list.
1. But when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
2. At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
3. Why do we speak UP
4. Why are the officers UP for election
5. Why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
6. We call UP our friends.
7. We use it to brighten UP a room
8. Polish UP the silver
9. We warm UP the leftovers
10. Clean UP the kitchen
11. We lock UP the house
12. Some guys fix UP the old car
13. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble
14. Line UP for tickets
15. Work UP an appetite
16. Think UP excuses
17. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
18. This UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
19. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
20. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
21. To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
22. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
23. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
24. 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.
25. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
26. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
27. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
28. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
29. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so it is time to shut UP!
30. What are the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?
U-P [pronounce as You Pee]

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