Two Polar Bears, Four Seals.

[caddyman]

It goes somewhat against the grain to suggest anybody read the Daily Mail but I have just had this article emailed to me.

Being the Mail, I have to confess that I am sceptical about the accuracy, but we all like stupid answers to exam questions, and I don’t recall ever seeing these before, so they are at least, probably not recycled.

It’s hard to say which one I like the most, but the mental picture of big dames floating down the Mississippi as a flood relief measure makes me smile.

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[littleonionz.livejournal.com]

*chortles* some are very amusing, gives me faith in the yoof of the future.

[budgie-uk.livejournal.com]

I've reposted this several times over the years, so I'll just point you to the most recent time, January 2008: History Of The World until 1914 (compiled from student howlers)

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I love that - it's done the email circuit a few times and never fails to please!

The current lot are fun, too and to my eyes at least just an addition to an endless thread of potential humour!

[boglin.livejournal.com]

Funny, but I don't actually believe they're genuine - I'm not sure how he'd have accessed the exam papers to scour them, and teachers don't actually see the exam papers the students have written.

[ed-fortune.livejournal.com]

I recognise some of the gags from copies of the Beano, I'm pretty sure.

Still made me chuckle though.

[ash1977law.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the gags are old ones.
The mail is just making up stories now again

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Hadn't occurred to me; but it does reinforce caveat bout the Mail!

[thalinoviel.livejournal.com]

the 2(x+y) one's been around a few years and I use a variant of it as a starter joke when I teach binomial expansions.

I like the answer about Steve and his car though. I think it's much more sensible than the original stupid question.