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From: "Bruce Todd" <>
Subject: [ABOUT-WORDS] Word twists
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:19:02 -0400


I thought these were worth passing on to the list.

Bruce.


>>
>> TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America ..
>> MARIA: Here it is.
>> TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
>> CLASS: Maria.
>> __________________________________________
>>
>> TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the
>> floor?
>> JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
>> __________________________________________
>> TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell "crocodile?"
>> GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L"
>> TEACHER: No, that's wrong
>>
>> GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell
>> it.
>> _______________________________________________
>> TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
>> DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
>> TEACHER: What are you talking about?
>>
>> DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
>> __________________________________
>> TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that
>> we didn't have ten years ago.
>> WINNIE: Me!
>> __________________________________________
>> TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
>> GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you
>> are.
>> _______________________________________
>> TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with "I."
>> MILLIE: I is...
>> TEACHER: No, Millie.... Always say, "I am."
>> MILLIE: All right... "I am the ninth letter of the
>> alphabet."
>> _________________________________
>> TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's
>> cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louis, do you know why his
>> father didn't punish him?
>> LOUIS: Because George still had the ax in his hand.
>> ______________________________________
>> TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers
>> before eating?
>> SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
>> ______________________________
>> TEACHER: Clyde, your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the
>> same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
>> CLYDE: No, teacher, it's the same dog.
>> ___________________________________
>> TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking
>> when people are no longer interested?
>> HAROLD: A teacher.
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