Humour of a Kind

 All these are from Anguished English by Richard Lederer. There are many more where these came from-in the book.

Some Student Bloopers


  • A myth is a female moth.
  • Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.
  • Then came the Middle Ages, when everyone was middle-aged.
  • Gravity was invented by Isaac Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in the autumn, when the apples are falling off the trees.
  • Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music.


Some quotes-


  1. Monotheism is a gift from the gods.
  2. It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are.
  3. Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
  4. I wish the Arabs and the Jews would settle their differences like Christian gentlemen- attributed to Arthur Balfour.


Notice on a doctor's door- Specialist in women and other diseases.



1 comment:

Meghna said...

The doctor's notice was the best.

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