Science Class: What Kids Say

- The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom.
- It is so hot in some places that people there have to live in other places.
- Mushrooms always grow in damp places which is why they look like umbrellas.
- The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana.
- Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I never have been able to make out the numbers.
- When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy.
- A monsoon is a French gentleman.
- To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow.
- Water vapor gets together in a big cloud. When it gets big enough to be called a drop, it does.
- The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.
Originally published November 14, 2002.