Healthy Home Newsletter August 2019 Volume XVII Issue 8 | Page 5

The Lighter Side of Science
Here are actual answers given
by 16-year-olds on tests:
Name the four seasons: Salt, pepper, mustard, and
vinegar.
How is water made fit to drink? Flirtation makes it safe
because it removes pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep, and
canoeists.
How is dew formed? The sun shines down on leaves and
makes them perspire.
Quotes by Mark
Twain
“A man who carries a cat by the tail
learns something he can learn in no
other way.”
“A person with a new idea is a crank
until the idea succeeds.”
What causes tides in the oceans? Tides are a fight
between the Earth and the moon. I forget where the sun joins
in this fight. “Against the assault of laughter
nothing can stand.”
What are steroids? Things for keeping carpets still on the
stairs. “By trying we can easily endure
adversity. Another man’s, I mean.”
Name a disease caused by cigarettes. Premature death.
How do you delay milk from turning sour? Keep it in the
cow.
What is a fibula? A small lie.
“Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage
with a college education.”
“Giving up smoking is the easiest
thing in the world. I know because
I’ve done it thousands of times.”
What is a seizure? A Roman Emperor.
What is a terminal illness? It’s when you get sick at the
airport.
What does “varicose” mean? Nearby.
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