MORE “HOWLERS.”

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19455, 20 December 1934, Page 4

MORE “HOWLERS.”

ESCAPE OE NAPOLEON. Mr Cecil Hunt has long been a collector of "howlers," and readers, already indebted to bis assiduity for many diverting moments, will not be disappointed' by “Latest Howlers,” says the Daily Mall. Examples of tills foi'ni of unconscious humour are provided, day in, day out, in schools throughout lli6 Country liy Ignorant or confused youth. And Mr Hunt, to judge from the excellence of liis specimens, appears to have first .pick. lie does not guarantee every howler as genuine; adult ingenuity is not Idle in this entertaining field, but few of Mr Hunt’s examples suggest the burning of midnight oil. The following have all the air of spontaneity:— “Napoleon escaped from Melba.” “The Yellow Peril is a racing ear.” “The three parts of the human eye are the. pupil, the beam, ahd the mote.” “Bigotry is an obstinate attachment to more than one wife." Translation is a rich field for howlers. Here are' some examples:— “Les mortels sont si betes. Mortals are such beasts.” t( “Prima facie. Original complexion. Among some gems of definition are these: — “Horse-power is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an hour." . • , “An equilateral triangle is one that looks the same whichever end you stand it on.” tripod is an extinct animal with four legs and a trunk buried in the i c c. 11 In many howlers there Is a glimmer of sound sense. One boy, for instance, declared llial “the Romans made thenroads straight so Dial the Britons could not hide round the corners.