Likewise: A census taker came to the house of a couple of Scottish Presbyterians. Married 10 years. Children: ages 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. "You were having them pretty regularly for a while," says the census taker. "Yes, sir," says the husband. "Then we found out what was causing it."

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Unclear on the concept: This was on the Web a few days ago as a true story. After lecturing on figures of speech (metaphor, simile, etc.), the teacher invited her pupils to come up with examples of their own. One of them was "He was as tall as a 6-foot 2-inch tree".