CAUSE FOR MIRTH
A professor in a certain college was giving his students a lecture on "Scotland and the Scots." "These hardy men," he said, "think nothing of swimming across the Tay three times every morning before breakfast."
Suddenly a burst of laughter came from the centre of the hall, and the professor, amazed at any one daring to interrupt him in the middle of his discourse, angrily asked the offender what he meant by such unruly conduct.
"I was just thinking, sir," replied the student who laughed, "how the poor Scots would get their clothes after making the third trip across."
NOT SO REMARKABLE
A school teacher who was giving a lesson on "food" was interrupted by one of his pupils.
"Please, sir," he said, "Jimmy says he knew a baby that was brought up on elephant's milk, and it gained ten pounds in weight every day."
"James ought not to tell you such rubbish," said the teacher. "Whose baby was it that was brought up on elephant's milk?"
"Please, sir," answered Jimmy, "it was the elephant's."
NOT LITERALLY INTENDED