{"id":16698,"date":"2012-08-17T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T19:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=16698"},"modified":"2012-08-17T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T19:10:05","slug":"friday-funnies-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=16698","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY FUNNIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In most parts of the country, schools have either just started back for the year or they&#8217;re just about to. Most children are sad about this, but many parents are excited to have some peace and quiet for a change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-true-back-to-school-story.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16700\" title=\"The true back to school story\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-true-back-to-school-story.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-true-back-to-school-story.gif 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-true-back-to-school-story-300x203.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With the advent of new technology, some of the old staples of the &#8220;back to school&#8221; period are becoming useless for teachers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/What-you-did-for-the-summer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16699\" title=\"What you did for the summer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/What-you-did-for-the-summer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/What-you-did-for-the-summer.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/What-you-did-for-the-summer-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My only question about this one is whether the knives are for the students or the teachers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Back-to-school-knives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16701\" title=\"Back to school knives\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Back-to-school-knives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Back-to-school-knives.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Back-to-school-knives-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Something tells me that this student didn&#8217;t exactly have his heart in the haiku.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A-9-year-olds-haiku-for-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16703\" title=\"A 9-year-old's haiku for school\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A-9-year-olds-haiku-for-school.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A-9-year-olds-haiku-for-school.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A-9-year-olds-haiku-for-school-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, finally, here&#8217;s a look at what might result from not paying careful enough attention to lessons in English grammar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Will-work-as-food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16702\" title=\"Will work as food\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Will-work-as-food.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Will-work-as-food.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Will-work-as-food-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most parts of the country, schools have either just started back for the year or they&#8217;re just about to. 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