Examples taken from Sixth Grade Exam Papers
- Dinosaurs became extinct after the flood because they were too big to get in the ark.
- Queen Elizabeth was a fat woman. She stoutly resisted the demands of the Spanish ambassador.
- "Twilight Sleep" means you set your clock one hour ahead.
- The general direction of the Alps is straight up.
- Most of the houses in France are made of plaster of Paris.
- The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 oppossums.
- We do not raise silk worms in the U.S. because we get our silk from rayon. He is a larger animal and gives more milk.
- Animal husbandry means having more than one husband.
- A stomach is a bowl-shaped cavity containing the organs of indigestion.
- Napoleon wanted an heir to the throne, but since Josephine was a Baroness, she could not bear children.
- The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
- To prevent head colds, use an agonizer to spray nose until it drops into your throat.
- The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom.
- By syntax is meant all the money collected in church from sinners.
- Henry VIII by his own efforts increased the population of England by 40,000.
- The blood circulates in the body by flowing down one leg and up the other.
- Iron was discovered because someone smelt it.
- The triangle which has an angle of 135 degrees is called an obscene triangle.
- A person should take a bath once in the summer time and not so often in the winter.
- Strategy is when you don't let the enemy know that you are out of ammunition, but keep on firing.
- A virgin forest is a forest in which the hand of man has never set foot.
- A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water and then forcing it through an aviator.
- The seaport of Athens is Pyorrhea.
- The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on top and you sit on the bottom.
- One of the main causes of dust is janitors.
- A scout obeys all to whom obedience is due and respects all duly constipated authorities.
- One by-product of cattle raising is calves.
- New Zealand is a democratic country. They passed a law there preventing women from sweating in the factories.
- The climate is hottest next to the Creator.
- Oliver Cromwell had a large, red nose, but under it were deeply religious feelings.
- Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians for $24 and I do not suppose you could buy it now for $500.
- The French Revolution was caused by overcharging taxies.
- The Civil War was caused by Lincoln signing the Emasculation Proclamation.
- In the Spring the salmon swim upstream to spoon.
- In the middle of the 18th Century all the morons moved to Utah.
- By self-pollination, a farmer may get a flock of long-haired sheep.
- The difference between a president and a king is that a king has no vice.
Contributed by: Jody Clukey
