What’s “UP”?

What’s “UP”?  

Is “UP” really “UP”?

Good Morning all,

It is Saturday and of course there are the usual week-end chores and for College Basketball fans…there are basketball games today! (Rock Chalk Jayhawk) !!!  Sorry, I just had to do that! 🙂

And we mustn’t forget the big Super Bowl Football Game tomorrow! Go Broncos!  (Sorry, I like Peyton Manning)

But I thought I would challenge your brains and give you something to think about other than sports …..:)  A friend of mine brought the word “UP” to my attention and I thought I would elaborate with a few more examples!

There is a  two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other  two-letter word.  Can you guess what it is?  It is the word  ‘UP.’

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 candidates UP  for  election and why is it UP  to  the secretary to write UP  a  report?
We call UP  our  friends.
We decorate to brighten UP  a  room, polish UP  the  silver; we warm UP  the  leftovers and clean UP  the  kitchen.
We  lock UP  the  house and some guys fix UP  the  old car.
 At  other times the little word has real special  meaning.

Example:
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.
A  drain must be opened UP  because  it is stopped 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  the word UP  in  the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes  UP  almost  1/4th 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 wets the earth and often messes things  UP.
When  it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.
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!
Now  it’s UP  to  you to find more ways to use UP.!

As far as I am concerned….I am UP!  to a lot today and the Captain and I may even watch the movie “UP”! 🙂

Me