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Tony,
	Figured a science teacher might enjoy this.	Liz
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Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 6:59PM

Subject:	FW: science exams

The following are all quotes from 11-year-olds' science exams:
	
"The body consists of three parts- the brainium, 
the borax and the abominable cavity. The brainium 
contains the brain, the borax contains the heart 
and lungs, and the abominable cavity contains the
 bowls, of which there are five - a, e, i, o,
and u."
	
"When you breath, you inspire. When you do not 
breath, you expire."
	
"H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water."
	
"To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a 
flame in a test tube."
	
"When you smell an odorless gas, it is probably 
carbon monoxide."
	
"Nitrogen is not found in Ireland because it is 
not found in a free state."
	
"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 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 toward 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."
	
 "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."
	
 "To prevent contraception: wear a condominium."
	
 "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."