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SCIENCE & PROVERBS

The law of gravity says no fair jumping up without coming back down. You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind. Someday, we may discover how to make magnets that can point in any direction. A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way it wants to go. There are 26 vitamins in all, but some of the letters are yet to be discovered.  There is a trememdous weight pushing down on the center of the Earth because so many people are stomping around up there these days. Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should Vacuums are nothings.  We only mention them to let them know we know they are there. The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation.  Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on. I'm not sure how clouds are formed, but clouds know how to do it, and that's the important thing. Water vapor gets together in a cloud.  When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does. Rain is saved up in cloud banks. It is so hot in some places that people there have to live in other places. Mushrooms always grow in damp places, which is why they look like umbrellas. Momentum is something you give a person when they go away. A monsoon is a French gentleman. The word "trousers" is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom. To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow. Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I have never been able to make out the numbers. When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy. In some rocks, you find the fossil footprints of fishes. For asphyxiation, apply artificial respiration until the patient is dead. Blood circulates through the body by flowing down one leg and up the other. Thunder is a rich source of loudness. The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana. One of the main causes of dust is janitors. The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes. A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population. A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water and then forcing it through an aviator. The spinal column is a long bunch of bones.The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom. "Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water." When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire." "H20 is hot water, and CO2 is cold water." "The body consists of three parts—the brainium, the borax and the abominable cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abominable cavity contains the bowels, of which there are five: a, e, i, o and u." "The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects." "Equator: A menagerie lion running around the Earth through Africa." "Germinate: To become a naturalized German." A myth is a female moth. WELL KNOWN PROVERBS Don't change horses . . . until they stop running. Strike while the . . . bug is close. It's always darkest before . . . Daylight Saving Time. Never underestimate . . . the power of termites. You can lead a horse to water but . . . How? Don't bite the hand that . . . looks dirty. No news is . . . impossible A miss is as good as a . . . Mr. You can't teach an old dog new . . . math. If you lie down with dogs . . . you'll stink in the morning. Love all, trust . . . me. The pen is mightier than the . . . pigs. An idle mind is . . . the best way to relax. Where there's smoke there's . . . pollution. Happy the bride who . . . gets all the presents. A penny saved is . . . not much. Two's company, three's . . . the Musketeers. Don't put off till tomorrow what . . . you put on to go to bed. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and . . . you have to blow your nose. There are none so blind as . . . Stevie Wonder. Children should be seen and not . . . spanked or grounded. If at first you don't succeed . . . get new batteries. You get out of something only what you . . . see in the picture on the box When the blind lead the blind . . . get out of the way. A bird in the hand . . . is going to poop on you. Better late than . . . Pregnant VOCABULARY BUILDING Q - Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink. A - Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoers. Wow! Q - What does "varicose" mean? A - Nearby. Q - What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on? A - If you are buying a house, they will insist that you are well endowed. Q - What happens to your body as you age? A - When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental. Q - What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty? A - He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery. Q - What is the fibula? A - A small lie. Q - Give the meaning of the term "caesarian section." A - The caesarian section is a district in Rome. Q - What is a terminal illness? A - When you are sick at the airport. Q - What does the word "benign" mean? A - Benign is what you will be after you be eight.