EMPIRE “HOWLERS"
Officials of the Bi-itish Overseas League have been collecting schoolboy “howlers” from the League’s widely-scattered branches. Here are some of the most amusing in the list which have been selected by “Onlooker” of the London Daily Mail:— One bright young boy, when asked to describe his favourite subject, wrote: “History largely consists of the shifting of evidence.” An equally amusing geographical “howler” is: “Nitrogen is not found in Ireland, because is is not found in a free state.” One knowing youngster, who seemed to have heard of matrimonial differences, believed that the punishment for bigamy was seven years and two mothers-in-law! Other examples included the following : “C.1.D.: Copper in disguise.” “A navigator is the strap navvies wear under their knees to stop the rats running up their legs.”
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3238, 4 December 1930, Page 2
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130EMPIRE “HOWLERS" King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3238, 4 December 1930, Page 2
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