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Mr. Felker :-"Ever been in an accident?"
Mr. Stapleton:-Nope, but I've refereed girls' basketball games."
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Definition:-An eight letter word usually meaning detention.
Answer :-"W rigley's!" ******
Teacher:-"Do you think you are the teacher here?" Student:-"No, ma'am."
Teacher:-"Then why are you acting like an idiot?"
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It's all right to begin at the bottom-except when you're
learning to swim.
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Mr. Felker:-"What is the first thing you would do if a
person was blown into the air by explosives?" Harry Smith:-"Wait for him to come down."
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Reg. Hewson (translating Latin) :-"Let the wicked and
ungrateful depart."
Mrs. Hoey (as bell rings) :-"All right, pass out."
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Mr. Stapleton :--"Now, what makes the tower of Pisa lean?" Fat Siddall:-"Huh, if I knew I'd take some myself."
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Bob Johnston :--"Say, Bill, do you know my brother Sleepy?"
Bill Dey:-"I ought to. I sleep in the same Chemistry class with him."
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Scotty Carmichael : - " I f you sleep with your gloves on,
your hands would become soft."
Elsie McAllister:-"Did you sleep with your hat on?"
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"You will notice," said Mr. Stapleton, (in Physiography
class) as he turned the handle of the air pump, "That this ma- chine is turned by a big crank."
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Mr. Felker (explaining the work of the blood) :-"If I stood
on my head, the blood would rush to my head, and my face would become red. Now, why don't my feet turn red when I'm stand- ing erect ?"
Alf Mack:-"Please, sir, your feet ain't empty."
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Gordon Ball rushed into his father one day and exclaimed:
''Oh, daddy! We've been having the best time. We've been play- ing Post Office, and we gave every gentleman in the block a letter."
"But, Gordon, where did you get the letters?"
"Why, we found them in your trunk in the garret, tied up in a pink ribbon."
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