From this years submissions to the THE (not in any order of rank):
- “Sex has puzzled biologists ever since it was discovered by Darwin and Mendel.” (winning submission)
- “Eugenics was created by Charles Darwin’s cousin Gollum.”
- “Britain under the Cromwellian Protectorate was a piranha state.”
- “General Franco was supported by right-wing panties.”
- “Extremophiles can be defined as those that tolerate extremes of temperature, extremes of pH and extremes of pleasure.”
- “Nigella seeds can cure all disease except death.”
- “Ebola could lead to death, in some cases fatal.”
- An Egyptian king,”was a pharaoh, not a common pheasant.”
- ..“depression rates are higher in areas of high social depravity.”
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In a paper on HIV/AIDS transmission, as an example of “risky” behaviour likely to spread infection, a student listed “sharing a condom”.
- “Hadrian’s Wall’s heritage assets include a complex system of forts and earthworms.”
- “Stalin was extremely surprised when he was taken from behind by Hitler.”
Some rather interesting exam howlers can be found here.
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