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Title: Silly things you find in textbooks
Post by: Petrie on May 04, 2005, 12:50:34 PM
My psychology one said this:

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Children are more likely at risk if they've been arrested for an illegal activity.

 :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:

I wonder if you can be arrested for a legal activity as well.  :lol:
Title: Silly things you find in textbooks
Post by: Malte279 on May 04, 2005, 01:55:59 PM
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I wonder if you can be arrested for a legal activity as well.
Sadly you definitely can nowadays!  :cry2
Title: Silly things you find in textbooks
Post by: Petrie on May 04, 2005, 09:33:47 PM
Quote from: Malte279,May 4 2005 on  12:55 PM
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I wonder if you can be arrested for a legal activity as well.
Sadly you definitely can nowadays!  :cry2
 :(  :(  I wasn't thinking of it that seriously when I posted that.

Darn, you took all the fire out of my dry humor, Malte.  :P:
Title: Re: Silly things you find in textbooks
Post by: Littlefoot505 on August 10, 2018, 12:08:21 AM
Lol nice one Adam!

I once saw something in a geology textbook that said something along the lines of:
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Oldest rock is older.

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Title: Re: Silly things you find in textbooks
Post by: OwlsCantRead on August 10, 2018, 02:29:02 AM
There was this really silly one in my country which became a minor meme when one of our Social Studies textbooks incorrectly stated the definition of socioeconomic status. They were talking about stuff like "speaking formal English at home" or "regularly travel overseas" means that you are elitist and of high SES. That is very broad and kinda a "take that" to how you actually classify different people of society into their socioeconomic status.

It's almost like Mr. Threehorn was saying, "Threehorns are the best, you ain't one so you're lower than me" in real life. The whole thing was dumb and certainly worth a laugh.
Title: Re: Silly things you find in textbooks
Post by: StardustSoldier on September 01, 2019, 03:37:02 PM
I remember in the driver's handbooks here where I live, there was this one line:

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If you see black ice on the road, be suspicious.

It didn't actually provide any tips or suggestions on how to deal with the black ice. It merely warned people to "be suspicious." Such an odd and vague way to describe it.