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: “Wha t 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 rep! lied, “B ubble 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……
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