Don't make this mistake on your exams..
by Edith Wharton
SAT prepping kid #1: What's hydrolysis?
SAT prepping kid #2: Dude, don't you play Grand Theft Auto? Hydrolysis is what makes the cars bump up and down.
SAT prepping kid #3: Um...Hydrolysis is the splitting of things in water.
SAT prepping kid #2: Whatever. Same thing.
--overheard on 2 train near Borough Hall (New York City)
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Funny web site... it reminds
Funny web site... it reminds me of something I heard on one of the metro trains in Washington, D.C.
Man: It's like how you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway.
Woman: And drive on a highway!
She was sort of missing the point...
I bet she didn't do too well
I bet she didn't do too well on the analogy section of the SATs...
Wife: Do you know what a
Wife: Do you know what a coupon book is?
Husband: Uh, YES.
(Said by a couple sitting next to me on a plane from Florida to Texas)