Ten Times Normal Size

**Barry Hicks** · 28th July 2008, 09:02 AM

The sixth grade teacher, Mrs Wallan, asked her class,
"Which part of the human body can grow to ten times it's
norman size when stimulated?"

No one answered until little Mary stood and said, "You
should not be asking a question like that. I'm going to
tell my parents and you will get into trouble."

Mrs Wallen ignored her and asked the question again,
"Which part of the body increases in size when stimulated?"

Little Mary's mouth fell open. Then she said to those around
her, "Boy, is she going to get into trouble!"

Finally, John put up his hand and said, "Please Miss, it's the
pupil of the eye."

Mrs Wallen said, "Thank you John." She turned to Mary and
said, "As for you young lady, I have three things to say to
you. One - you have a dirty mind. Two - you haven't read your
homework and three, one day, you are going to be very, very
disappointed!"

**AlexS** · 28th July 2008, 09:16 AM

It's actually the iris. The question was posed by a professor of medicine ( forget his name) at Melbourne Uni in the 1950s.

**Allan at Wallan** · 28th July 2008, 10:17 AM

Well there you go Barry
... you should have been a better pupil and asked
Iris in the first place.

Allan

**joe greiner** · 28th July 2008, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Allan at Wallan

Well there you go Barry
... you should have been a better pupil and asked
Iris in the first place.

Allan

Ten times better.

Joe

**Rodgera** · 30th July 2008, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by AlexS

It's actually the iris. The question was posed by a professor of medicine ( forget his name) at Melbourne Uni in the 1950s.

Twas Dr Sumner-Miller AKA Why is it so? Also

**underfoot** · 31st July 2008, 01:56 PM

Are they fairdinkum?
just after this joke was posted "Ten times normal size"
a diet plan popped up in google adds (left hand column)
Hmmmm?

what are they suggesting?

**ubeaut** · 31st July 2008, 02:14 PM

Just goes to show that Google is trying to do their best to match adds with content.

They missed but ya gotta admit it sure was a damn good try.

Cheers - Neil

**AlexS** · 31st July 2008, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Rodgera

Twas Dr Sumner-Miller AKA Why is it so? Also

Was long before him, but may not have been original even then.

**joe greiner** · 31st July 2008, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by ubeaut

Just goes to show that Google is trying to do their best to match adds with content.

They missed but ya gotta admit it sure was a damn good try.

Cheers - Neil

Yep. Keywords can be so misinterpreted. Well before Google, IIRC, one of my first ventures into the weird wild web was a search for valuation tables of US Savings bonds. Innocently enough, I simply entered "bonds" in the search field. Boyoboy, did I get a rude awakening! Nothing about savings bonds, but lots of hits for, shall we say, alternate life styles.

Joe

**DavidG** · 31st July 2008, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by joe greiner

I simply entered "bonds" in the search field. Boyoboy, did I get a rude awakening!

I was writing a program for thermal imagery of the wheel bearing box on train axles.
In the train engineering trade a faulty bearing is known as a hot box.
I innocently did a google on "hot box"

**underfoot** · 1st August 2008, 07:07 AM

I wanted build a "jib" or "derrick" crane off the side of my shed to lift some heavier projects,

WARNING!!!....

.. don't google "stiff jib derrick"

.................it'll make you feel very inadequate.

**wheelinround** · 1st August 2008, 10:30 AM

parents & teachers wonder how kids can find such things even with filters on

Google is who's friend ...............its share holders

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