On Oct 2, 8:11 pm, GWD <
g...@nsw.chariot.net.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:29:33 -0700 (PDT), nothing wrote:
> >Amuse me.
>
> OK
>
> The lesson was about timber. Question time at the end of the class,
> the teacher held up a piece of wood and asked is anyone could describe
> it. Little Tommy, near the bottom of the class, volunteered: "That's
> hard wood, very hard wood and it's used to make stables for horses."
> Sally, near the top of the class and ever ready to prove how clever
> she could be, piped up: "Miss, I think he means that it's used to make
> housing for equines." Tommy glowered as the teacher praised sally for
> her vocabulary.
>
> She held up another piece of wood and asked if anyone could describe
> it. Again Tommy volunteered: "That's hard wood, very hard wood, and
> it's used to make piles for piers." he turned toward Sally, and added
> angrily: "And no I don't mean haemorrhoids for aristocrats."
>
> Well gee you did ask :)
>
> --
> GWD
Thank you, I feel better now.