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Thursday Thirteen #19: 13 Malaprops From Grade School, High School, and College Examinations

January 18, 2007 By Jenny Ryan 35 Comments


1. Louis Pasteur invented a cure for rabbis.

2. The walls of Notre Dame Cathedral are supported by flying buttocks.

3. Sir Francis drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper.

4. Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread without any ingredients.

5. Protons are found in both meat and electricity.

6. The bowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

7. He worked in the government as a civil serpent.

8. The flood damage was so bad they had to evaporate the city.

9. A horse divided against itself cannot stand.

10. Homer wrote The Oddity.

11. Flying saucers are just an optical conclusion.

12. Socrates died from taking a poison called wedlock.

13. Be sure and put some of those neutrons on my salad.

From 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, ed. by Steven D. Price


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Comments

  1. Cheryl says

    January 18, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Kids are so funny though there might be truth in #7!

  2. Stacie Penney says

    January 18, 2007 at 9:56 am

    I used to teach 7-8th graders and I missed this sort of thing. My boys are 3 and 6 yo and just starting to do funny things with their words.

  3. SciFiChick says

    January 18, 2007 at 10:07 am

    Too funny! Those poor men during Drake’s time!

  4. colleen gleason says

    January 18, 2007 at 10:15 am

    Ha! These are great, Jenny. I like Homer’s The Oddity best. I’d like to read that one.

    I noticed you’re reading Alison Weir’s Isabella…she wrote one of my favorite books about one of my favorite ladies–Elinor of Aquitaine.

    My TT’s up….Thirteen Albums from the 80s I have hanging on my wall.

  5. Mary (mert) says

    January 18, 2007 at 11:33 am

    My husband would joke that 12 could be true. Very unusual and wonderful list! Happy TT!

  6. John Masters says

    January 18, 2007 at 11:38 am

    Thank you. That’s the first really good laugh I’ve had in days. Truth is stranger than fiction.

    100 foot clipper. Ouch!

  7. Caylynn says

    January 18, 2007 at 11:48 am

    Oh my! Those are hilarious! Thanks for the laughs! 😀

    Happy T13. 🙂

  8. Christine d'Abo says

    January 18, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    ROFL!!!! 100 foot clipper! That is awesome.

    Thanks for stopping by my site today. 🙂

  9. Marcia says

    January 18, 2007 at 12:42 pm

    Fun list!

  10. Mikala says

    January 18, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Alright, well, after looking up the meaning of “malaprop”, I can safely laugh at these. :0)

  11. Jane says

    January 18, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    ROFL!!!!!!! What a hoot. Sometimes you wonder how folks can screw this stuff up SO bad!
    Thanks for stopping by my T13.

  12. AnneD says

    January 18, 2007 at 2:52 pm

    Civil Serpents indeed!

  13. Elisa says

    January 18, 2007 at 3:00 pm

    Awesome list! Those are hilarious. 🙂

  14. Busy says

    January 18, 2007 at 3:57 pm

    Wow I’m skeerd! LOL!

  15. InterstellarLass says

    January 18, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    Ha! I love reading those things. Makes me ever thankful for my limited wits.

  16. TopChamp says

    January 18, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    It was number 12 that jumped out at me too I’m afraid…. but as a weddingphobe that probably isn’t surprising.

    Not that I have anything against weddings as such – like them in fact… Just don’t want one!

    Sorry – unprovoked ranting has ceased!

  17. Christina says

    January 18, 2007 at 7:29 pm

    Ooooh, those are too funny!!! #3 sounds very painful, heehee.

  18. tiggerprr says

    January 18, 2007 at 7:42 pm

    Oh my! Those are from standardized tests? That explains a lot!

  19. Tink says

    January 18, 2007 at 8:05 pm

    *LOL* Great list!! I can visualise those and laugh even harder.
    Thanks for visiting my TT and adding me on BlogLog!

  20. Kai says

    January 18, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    Too funny – loved it!

    LOL @ ‘a poison called wedlock’ 🙂

    Thanks for stopping by.

  21. Terra says

    January 18, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    This is one cool list… no 2 is my favourite! 🙂

  22. Angelle Trieste says

    January 18, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    LOL! Hilarious. I love it. 🙂

  23. Geekwif says

    January 18, 2007 at 9:57 pm

    Too funny! I hope not many of them are from college students though. It would not say much for our education system!

  24. Joely says

    January 18, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    Great list–I’m still giggling! Happy TT!

  25. Sparky says

    January 18, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    very funny list, as always

  26. Di says

    January 18, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    Love malaprops! How about the Hotel St. Regis in Detroit which proudly offers “Fruit Compost” on its breakfast menu?

  27. MommaK says

    January 18, 2007 at 10:54 pm

    Wow…you are way smarter than me. What a great list!

  28. Frances says

    January 18, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    I love the list – especially the one about the civil serpent.
    Thanks for visiting.
    Take care,
    Frances

  29. Joy Renee says

    January 19, 2007 at 12:57 am

    so funny!! i think i turned purple. i love word play. malaprops are the most fun.

    thanx for visiting my tt.

  30. Blond Girl says

    January 19, 2007 at 1:39 am

    Never seen a flying buttock myself…

    Here from Geekwif’s 13. I loved this post! One of those that would be good to print and post outside my cube, if I still worked in corporate america.

    I have my T13 up – shows to love and hate on cable.

  31. John says

    January 19, 2007 at 2:13 am

    Too funny. THat was a great post.

  32. alisonwonderland says

    January 19, 2007 at 2:54 am

    very funny stuff! #9 and #12 were my favorites!

    happy TT! thanks for stopping by!

  33. Zeus says

    January 19, 2007 at 9:35 am

    I think I am going to forward this to some friends of mine who will DEFINITELY appreciate the humor in this. Great list, Jenny!

  34. Julie says

    January 19, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Those are hysterical!!! 🙂 Thanks for making me laugh.

  35. PJ says

    January 21, 2007 at 6:07 pm

    I love the one about wedlock poison!

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