Geography class

    Teacher: What is the axis of the earth?

    Student: The axis of the earth is an imaginary line which passes from one pole to the other, and on which the earth revolves.

    Teacher: Very good. Now, could you hang clothes on that line?

    Student: Yes, Sir.

    Teacher: Indeed, and what sort of clothes?

    Student: Imaginary clothes, Sir.

    Discussing grades

    A high-school student came home from school seeming rather depressed.

    “What’s the matter, son?” asked his mother.

    “Aw, gee,” said the boy, “It’s my marks. They’re all wet.”

    “What do you mean ‘all wet?’”

    “I mean,” he replied, “below C-level.”

    Why must we learn this?

    One day our professor was discussing a particularly complicated concept. A pre-med student rudely interrupted to ask: “Why do we have to learn this pointless information?”

    “To save lives,” the professor responded quickly and continued the lecture.

    A few minutes later, the same student spoke up again.

    “So how does physics save lives?” he persisted.

    “It keeps the ignoramuses like you out of medical school,” replied the professor.