funny things in books!

[Melissa in Australia]

what are some of the funny things you have come across in school text books lately.

Here is one that was in my son's apologia Biology today;

page 415. "There are many different species of salmon, but the Atlantic salmon is very common , especially in restaurants."

:confused:

this statement might have worked in a cook book , but to me doesn't fit in to a biology text.

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

:001_huh:? That is funny!

[Chelle in MO]

what are some of the funny things you have come across in school text books lately.

Here is one that was in my son's apologia Biology today;

page 415. "There are many different species of salmon, but the Atlantic salmon is very common , especially in restaurants."

:confused:

this statement might have worked in a cook book , but to me doesn't fit in to a biology text.

Ha! That's hilarious!

 

I find typos ALL THE TIME, but can't think of any funnies like that.

 

Chelle

[Nicole M]

That salmon thing is hilarious!

 

We find things that strike us as funny all the time when we're doing R&S grammar. I often use funny voices when we're reading our grammar lessons, because, let's face it, grammar is dry. So one day I was reading in a sort of high-pitched Elmo's-cousin-from-England voice, and I happened on the sentence: "Stephen was stoned outside Jerusalem." Now that is not a funny sentence. But having it hit you, completely unawares, in a British Elmo voice... my son fell on the floor.