Over at Interested-Participant, I try to post on cultural and political issues which gives me latitude to include just about anything. The following is an example of what I would refer to as a cultural post. It's a selection of writings of grade school students collected by teachers, none that I know. I thought they were worthy of passing on.
Most of the houses in France are made of plaster of Paris.
A virgin forest is a forest where the hand of man has never set foot.
The future of "I give" is "I take."
The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes.
The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 opossums.
We do not raise silk worms in the United States, because we get our silk from rayon. He is a larger worm and gives more silk.
A scout obeys all to whom obedience is due and respects all duly constipated authorities.
One of the main causes of dust is janitors.
The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom.
To prevent head colds, use an agonizer to spray into the nose until it drips into the throat.
There are plenty of reasons to listen to what kids have to say. Art Linkletter made a career out of it. Electronic cyber-thanks to whoever the person was that gave me the list. And thanks to Jim for letting me be a guest.
Bill Cosby too. He's become a very wealthy man primarily because he knows how to listen and talk to kids.
Cute post, Mike. :)