SCHOOL BOY HOWLERS.
The typical school boy, who knows everything, if we believe Macaulay, is a genius, and only he is capable of making the howlers which never cease to flow from his alleged lips or his pseudo pen on examination days. He is at it again. Hence we now learn that:—
A blizzard is the inside of a duck. The whole world, except the United States, is in the temperate zone. Tn olden times travelling was more romantic : instead of roads there were bridal paths. Transparent things are those you can see through, as, for example, a keyhole. A thermometer is an instrument for measuring how much water is in the milk. A hydrometer tells you how much milk is in the water. The outward and visible sign of baptism is the baby.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 277, 28 February 1929, Page 5
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134SCHOOL BOY HOWLERS. Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 277, 28 February 1929, Page 5
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