These gaseous observations were made by junior high, high schools and > collage students around the world. It is truly astonishing what weird > science our young scholars can create under the pressures of time and > grades. From test papers and essays submitted to science and health > teachers, here is a dissertation of loopy, unscientific english: > > > "When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire." > > "H O is hot water, and CO is cold water" > 2 2 > "To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube" > > "When you smell an oderless 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 twa 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 then it can hold. > > Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas. > > 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. > > The pistol of a flower is its only protections agenst 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 ben 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 > towards 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. > > Many women belive that an alcoholic binge will have no ill effects > on the unborn fetus, but that is a large misconception. > > How would you grade these daffy definitions?: > > Equator: A managerie lion running around the Earth through Africa. > > Germinate: To become a naturalized German. > > Liter: A nest of young puppies. > > Magnet: Something you find crawling all over a dead cat. > > 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. > > Vacumm: A large, empty space where the pope lives. > > To close todays lab report, I offer these nuggets of scientific wisdom. > Each one an unretouched classroom classic: > > 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 snakebites: Bleed the wound and rape the victim in a blanket for > shock. > > For dog bite: put the dog away for sevral 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 and agonizer to spray the nose untill it drops in > your throat. > > To keep milk from turning sour: Keep it in the cow. >