We get some doosie's at living history museums too.  Try these on:

Is that a real fire? (in reference to a hearth cooking fire)

Are those real flies?  (in reference to the flies that cooking on open hearths in open buildings attract)

Look at the bull. (in reference to a cow - apparently some people believe horns denote male - they don't.  We capitalized on this one in a commercial.  Our interpreter says, "you're looking at the wrong end.")

I heard a teacher point to our flock of sheep and tell her 4th graders to "Look at the goats."  (at least she didn't call the horned ewes rams - again, horns do not denote gender)

They were shorter back then.  (in reference to the shorter length of bedsteads - no they weren't - they slept sleeping up in order to prevent themselves from drowning in their humors [yellow bile, black bile, blood, and phlegm])

Just like Little House on the Prairie.  (we really, really, really hate this one)

Of course, these all reflect how far off the farm we are.

Lana Newhart-Kellen
Conner Prairie

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One of the funniest books that has passed through my hands is the recently
published "Overheard at the Museum" by Judith Henry.
It is said to be compiled of the actual museum visitors' comments and is
full of priceless one-liners like

"Let's go to the giftshop first"

"Didn't we just see that? I can't remember"

"Wow! Look who donated this one"

"We've been here 4 hours -I think I'll have the masseuse come to the house
tonight"

"This one over here is so horizontal"

"I think the postcard is better than the painting"

"I really love this painting but it has way too much green in it"

"You can look at the show; I'll wait in the lobby"

"That's just more of the same but you can check it out"

"Marge has one like that, but that's the real one"

"Self-portrait? Good grief... is that what he looks like?"

"He looks awfully young to be dead"

"I have two books on Georgia O'Keefe-they are both big"


and so on


Marina Daiman
www.geocities.com/marina_daiman 

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