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Funny for Today

So my wife is marking grade four geography/science tests at the dining room table last night. She breaks out laughing which isn't her normal style while markng.

So, I ask, "Dearest, what's so funny?"

She replies with the test question:

"What covers almost 75% of the earth's surface?"

The kid's answer . . .

"Pigeons."

I just asked Google and I get a few of what I think are different answers - oceans, water, salt water, the hydrosphere, reflective surfaces, . . .

Wasting time surfing I find out that 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated, (http://corrosion-doctors.org/Water-Glossary/Glossary.htm).

I wonder who's correct?

Personally, I'll go with pigeons.

Is Google smarter than a fourth grader? (BTW, the most 'popular' answer is oceans and that's actually wrong. About 61% of earth's surface is oceans.)

Pigeons. Observable evidence. The world is flat too.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).