3 definition by Earl F. Parrish

I failed the short arm inspection because I had a leaking faucet.

If you had any mother wit, you would not look for a gas leak with a match.
You don't have the sense you were born with.

A monkey wanted some chestnuts which were roasting in the ashes of the fireplace. A cat was sleeping on the hearth. To avoid getting burned, the monkey used the cat's paw to drag the chestnuts out of the ashes.