>> > Subject: What starts with F and ends with K
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one
of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?" >
Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is
in the 3rd
grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the
3rd grade > too!"
Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's
office.
While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained
to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks
he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his
questions he was
to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him
and he agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9."
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36."
And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd
> grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry
can go to the 3rd grade."
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some
questions." > > The principal and Harry both agreed.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only
two of?"
Harry, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not
have?"
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
Harry replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants."
Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy,
oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Harry: "Coconut."
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and
sticky?"
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could
stop
the answer, Harry replied, "Bubble gum."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does
sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."
The principal was trembling.
Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that
means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck."
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher,
"Put Harry > in the fifth-grade.
"I got the last seven questions wrong...... "
