Jokes

Published December 8, 2012

Father: “How did your exams go?”

Son: “I got nearly 100 in every subject.”

Father: “What do you mean, nearly 100?”

Son: “I was just a digit out, I averaged 10!”

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Pupil: “I don’t think I deserved zero on this test.”

Teacher: “I agree, but that’s the lowest mark I could give you!”

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Roses are red,Violets are blue, I copied your exam paper, and I failed too!

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Examiner: “Never mind what the date is, get on with the exam.”

Pupil: “But, sir, I want to get something right.”

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Teacher: “Why do you always fail your exams?”

Pupil: “Because I always get the wrong exam paper.”

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Examiner: “I told you not to look in your bag. You could have the answers.”

Pupil: “I’m not, sir. I’m looking in Jim’s bag. He’s got the answers.”

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Father: “Why did you get such a low score in that test?”

Son: “Absence.”

Father: “You were absent on the day of the test?”

Son: “No, but the boy who sits next to me was!”— Compiled by The Surfer 

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