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1st July 2024, 06:59 AM
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School time
The following questions were in a GED (grade 12 equivalent) examination. (These are genuine answers)
- Q What is a turbine?
A. Something an Arab or Sheik wears on his head. Once an Arab boy
reaches puberty, he removes his diaper and wraps it around his head.
Q How is dew formed?
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A. If you are buying a house, they will insist that you are well endowed.
Q In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.
Q What are steroids?
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
(Shoot yourself now; there is little hope.)
Q What happens to your body as you age?
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
(So true)
Q Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A. Premature death.
Q How can you delay milk turning sour?
A. Keep it in the cow.
(Simple, but brilliant)
Q How are the main 20 parts of the body categorized (e.g. The abdomen)?
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts – the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A,E,I,O,U
Q What is the fibula?
A. A small lie.
Q What does 'varicose' mean?
A. Nearby.
Q What is the most common form of birth control?
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.
(That would work.)
Q Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean section.'
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome.
Q What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor.
(Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit.)
Q What is a terminal illness?
A. When you are sick at the airport.
(Irrefutable)
Q What does the word 'benign' mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight.
(brilliant)
Q Name the four seasons
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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1st July 2024, 10:12 AM
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Re: School time
Bloody brilliant John.
Keep them coming.
Graham R774640
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2nd July 2024, 01:03 AM
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Re: School time
Hi John.
Thanks for those, now I have so many tears in my eyes I can't see a thing LoL.
Ds
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Lest We Forget
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