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Subject: High School Science Excerpts

Source: Jay Krish < > forwarded by Robert Timberlake, BobTmbrlk@aol.com

High School Science Test Excerpts

Here are some interesting interpretations of nature from test papers and

essays submitted to science and health teachers by junior high, high school,

and college students around the world.

"When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire."

"H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water"

"Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin.

Hydrogin is gin and water."

"Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars."

"Blood flows down one leg and up the other."

"Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration, and then

expectoration."

"The moon is a planet just like the earth, only it is even deader."

"Artifical insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow instead of the

bull."

"Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them

perspire."

"A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold."

"Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas."

"The body consists of three parts--the brainium, the borax and the

bominable

cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and

lungs, and the abominable cavity contains the bowels, of which there are

five- a, e, i, o, and u."

"The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects."

"The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana."

"The skeleton is what is left after the insides have been taken out and the

outsides have been taken off. The purpose of the skeleton is something to

hitch meat to."

"A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two

molars, and eight cuspidors."

"The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards

the moon, because there is no water in the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum.

I forget where the sun joins in this fight."

"A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is."

"Equator: A managerie lion running around the Earth through Africa."

"Germinate: To become a naturalized German."

"Liter: A nest of young puppies."

"Magnet: Something you find crawling all over a dead cat."

"Momentum: What you give a person when they are going away."

"Planet: A body of Earth surrounded by sky."

"Rhubarb: A kind of celery gone bloodshot."

"Vacuum: A large, empty space where the pope lives."

"Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is affirmative or

negative."

"To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose."

"For a nosebleed: Put the nose much lower then the body until the heart

stops."

"For drowning: Climb on top of the person and move up and down to make

artifical perspiration."

"For fainting: Rub the person's chest or, if a lady, rub her arm above the

hand instead. Or put the head between the knees of the nearest medical

doctor."

"For dog bite: Put the dog away for several days. If he has not recovered,

then kill it."

"For asphyxiation: Apply artificial respiration until the patient is dead."

"For head cold: Use an agonizer to spray the nose until it drops in your

throat."

"To keep milk from turning sour: Keep it in the cow."

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