The Loony Bin
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Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:11:10 +0000
Hiya Loonies...
More stuff sent to me ages ago...this time from Len...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
Here are some interesting scientific facts of which you may not of been
aware. These were culled from essays submitted to the New Scientist by
children - at least I think and hope its children and not science
university students.
# H2O is hot water and CO2 is cold water.
# To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a bunsen flame in a
test tube.
# Three kinds of blood vessel are arteries, vanes and caterillars.
#The moon is a planet, just like earth, only it is even deader.
# Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow instead
of the bull.
# Mushrooms always grow in damp places, so they look like umbrellas.
# Magnet: something you find crawling all over a dead cat.
# Planet a body of earth surrounded by sky.
# Rhubarb: a kind of celery gone bloodshot.
# Vacuum: a large empty space were the pope lives.
# The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends
towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon and
nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in the
fight.
# The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects.
A compilation of young scholars comments from texts and essays sent to
the New Scientist. Guardian 5/7/96