Classic Slips of the Pencil
Here's a collection of classic slips of the #2 pencil by our best and brightest young students
Columbus was a great navigator who cursed about the Atlantic.
Magna Carta said that the King was not to order taxis without the consent of Parliament.
Pompeii was once completely buried in larva.
Martin Luther was nailed to a church door after selling the Pope's privileges. He did after he was communicated by a bull.
Many of the Indian heroes were killed, which proved fatal to them.
The king had a wonderful funeral. It took eight men to carry the beer.
Queen Elizabeth rode through Coventry with nothing on and Raleigh offered her his cloak.
Socrates died of an overdose of wedlock.
Joshua led the Hebrews to their victory in the battle of Geritol.
Queen Victoria was the longest queen who ever sat on a throne.
It's best not to cross horses in the middle of the stream.
On Washington's trip across the Delaware two men were frozen to death, but they reached the other side safely.
Each state is permitted to send two centaurs to Congress.
There are four symptoms of a cold. Two I forgot, and the other two are too well known to mention.
The doctor had to abandon his code of ethnics
Originally published November 14, 2002.
