pro and con?

Question

If pro is the opposite of con, then is progress the opposite of congress.

Also, is you break up poytiks, you get pol and tics. dosn't poli mean many, and ticks mean blood sucking bug?

Answer 1

Once upon a time the government had
a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.

Congress said,
"Someone may steal from it at night."
So they created a night watchman
position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said,
"How does the watchman do his job without instruction?"
So they created a planning department and hired
two people, one person to write the instructions,
and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know
the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"
So they created a Quality Control department and hired two
people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these people going
to get paid?" So they created the following positions,
a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said,
"Who will be accountable for all of these people?"
So they created an administrative section
and hired three people, an Administrative Officer,
Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said,
"We have had this command in operation
for one year and we are $18,000 over budget,
we must cutback overall cost."

So they laid off the night watchman.

Answer 2

The second comment is new to me, but the first is a cliche I've heard countless times.
I'll remember both of them, though. Nice job.

Answer 3

Do you know what you get when you put 50 lesbians and 50 politicians in the same room?

100 people that don't do d*ck

Answer 4

I like the second one.

It has meaning to it.