29 June 2015

Ginseng for the Soul #15

The Monarch

All beautiful colors dance endlessly
Free; gliding high in jubilance.
Killed
Left morbidly naked
Openly pierced. Queens ruined,
Serenely torn, undone verily.
Woe!
Xenophobia: youth’s zenith.




I Think Sarcasm Runs in Our Cultures

The following answers were given by British students in the public examinations used for 15 year old children. And we complain about American kids...

Q: Define the word “monotony.”
A: Monotony is being married to the same person all your life.

Q: What does the word “benign” mean?
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.

Q: What is the correct use of a semi-colon?
A: Only to be used as a last resort, a semi-colon is a partial removal of the intestines.

Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Arab wears on his head.

Q: Who did not welcome the return of the prodigal son?
A: The fatted calf.

Q: What is a Hindu?
A: It lays eggs.

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

Q: Name a greenhouse gas. What could be done to decrease global warming?
A: Cows make large amounts of methane when they fart. This could be reduced by fitting them with catalytic converters.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Filtration makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q: What is a fossil?
A: A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

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 are the main parts of the body categorised? (E.g. abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O and U.

Q: What is the Fibula?
A: A small lie.

Q: Where are the Tibia?
A: They live in a country in North Africa.

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