SKIONEE UP

UP is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other
two-letter word. It's easy to understand Skionee UP, meaning
toward the sky or at the top of USA-WS’s ski clubs, but when we waken 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, we
use it 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. 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 is
confusing.

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 of the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the
dictionary. In a desk size dictionary, UP takes UP almost 1/4th the
page and definitions add UP to about thirty.

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 UP the
earth. When it doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP by sending a copy to 
Steve UPP. Now my time is UP, so I'll shut UP and Ski “Skionee Up Tour” . 
It’s UP to me to ski UP to performance standards and ski UP at
Kneeboard Nationals.