A SCHOOLBOY “HOWLER”
“EYES” AND “NOSE.” At this time of the year, when examinations are in full swing, the mono tony ,of the daily application to puzzling questions and the writing of essays on all .manner of subjects- is occasionally broken by the unconscious “howlers’ committed by young aspirants for school honours. A good one came to light in a local school the other day (says the Wellington “Post”). Among other questions on civics, the pupils were asked to describe how the laws of the land were made, and one youngster, whose sense of hearing was evidently much keener than his sense of vision, and who also knew something of the procedure of Parliament, made the following reply: “When a law is made, the Speaker stands up and calls out ‘Lock the doors!’ He then calls out ‘Divide!’ and those who want to get it go out of a door with ‘eyes’ written above it, and those who don’t want it go out of a -door with ‘nose’ written above it.”
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1577, 22 November 1924, Page 3
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171A SCHOOLBOY “HOWLER” Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1577, 22 November 1924, Page 3
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