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Parson's Law

Michael was rejected from Harvard University for failing to follow Parson's Law. He didn't fill it out properly his first try.
by Dorm Chief March 6, 2013
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Parson Brown

"Parson Brown" is the term used to talk about a typical angelican priest of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. "Parson Brown" is not an actual person (though he might have been at some time), but a figure of speech, like "John Doe" is an unidentified male and "Charley" is a watchman. "Parson" by itself means minister.
The classic line from Winter Wonderland:
"In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say 'Are you married ?', We'll say 'No man,
For you can do the job when you're in town.'"
Sure, it sounds like some kind of sexual reference, but its not. It's just a priest asking a couple if they are married. They reply that they are not and that they will wait for him to "do the job" of marrying them when he comes to their town.
by bsmeb October 18, 2006
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taking tea with the parson

1. Unspecified, certainly deviant sex act usually performed in Brentford

2. Having tea with a member of the clergy, esp. a Protestant one
1. Hugo and Jane found themselves along for 5 minutes, so decided to indulge in taking tea with the parson

2. The women's institute meeting moved on from cake sales to taking tea with the parson
by kylet June 27, 2006
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Alan Parson's Project

The Alan Parsons Project were a 1970s-80s group founded by Alan Parsons (previously best known as an engineer and producer of groups and singers as diverse as Pink Floyd, Al Stewart and Pilot) and Eric Woolfson, with a shifting line-up of instrumentalists and singers including Colin Blunstone, John Miles, Steve Harley, Lenny Zakatek and Pilot's Iain Bairnson and David Paton. Their albums are all concept-based but eschew the pretentiousness of prog-rock in favour of a more radio-friendly approach, their stated aim being to create music that lends itself equally to headphone and background listening.
"You Don't Believe by the Alan Parson's Project is a great track"
"Actually, they're called the Alan Parsons Project"
by Whadduc Hunt January 12, 2007
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parson's nose

Called the pope's nose by protestants and the sulton's nose by north africans, catholics call the rump of a chicken the parson's nose.
by ScottX January 14, 2007
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parson

"In the meadow we can see a snowman. Let's pretend that he is Parson Brown."
by ScottX September 11, 2006
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non-human persons

Thomas I. White of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles :

"Like humans, dolphins appear to be self-conscious, unique individuals with distinctive personalities, memories and a sense of self, who are vulnerable to a wide range of physical and emotional pain and harm, and who have the power to reflect upon and choose their actions."
To truly be at the "top" of the animal kingdom; then surely it is incumbent upon us to recognize non-human persons.
by Guido1 February 24, 2010
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