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Solomon's old green mule

"How big is an 11 by 17 piece of paper?"

-- Actual question posed by Mrs. R. Tyrrell, Teacher, Age 28

5 Responses to “Solomon's old green mule”

  1. # Chelle

    I will leap to mine own defense: I REALIZED it was a stupid question AS I WAS ASKING IT and quickly shoved my own foot into my mouth, so really it sounded more like:
    "Honey, how big is an eleven by seventeen mmmfff mvv mmmmpr."  

  2. # Karyn

    In Chelle's defense, I believe there is some sort of stupidity side effect of pregnancy.

    Or maybe that's not until the second or third trimester...  

  3. # Meandering Michael

    Kind of reminds me of when I walked into a bakery and asked the employee, "How old are your day old donuts?"

    After several replies of "A day old" (NOT the answer I was looking for), I clued in and asked the question I really wanted to know the answer to: "How much are you day old donuts?"  

  4. # fawn

    Nope, it's not the second or third trimester. The baby starts stealing brain cells as soon as it manifests itself in the womb. And it'll keep up even after s/he is born, so don't fret! It just goes with the territory -- or, at least, you have a good excuse for the next year or so.  

  5. # Mom

    Many years we were entertained by
    our kiddling's riddles. This could have been a mind bender of sorts.
    Too late now as you have admitted
    to a laps in logic! I'm sure Moo could have made this into a logic puzzle for you. PS Moo sent one to your Dad. As he studied the screen it looked like he had turned to stone he was thinking so hard!  

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