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csziggy

(34,136 posts)
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 11:11 AM Jun 2017

Why Teachers Drink

Sent to me by a friend:

Why Teachers Drink

The following questions were set in last year's GED examination.

These are genuine answers (from 18 year old students)


Q. Name the four seasons?
A.. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

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. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes?
A.. Premature death.

Q. What is artificial insemination?
A... When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow.

Q. How can you delay milk turning sour?
A.. Keep it in the cow. (Simple, yet 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. 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.
(Ah yes, 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)

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Why Teachers Drink (Original Post) csziggy Jun 2017 OP
set 'em up! rurallib Jun 2017 #1
Also applies to a lot of adults who are well past the age of 18! nt procon Jun 2017 #2
Funny underpants Jun 2017 #3
I wonder how many of those answers were by people who spoke English as a second language. Sanity Claws Jun 2017 #4

Sanity Claws

(21,846 posts)
4. I wonder how many of those answers were by people who spoke English as a second language.
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 02:04 PM
Jun 2017

Some of the answers seem to be about things that sound similar.
Seizure sounds like Caesar.

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