A
first-grade teacher was having trouble with one of her
students.
>
> >The teacher asked, "Harry what is your
problem?"
> > >Harry answered, "I'm too
smart for the first-grade. My sister is in the
>
> >third-grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in
the
> > >third-grade
too!"
> > >
>
> >The teacher 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 the teacher
he
> > >would give the boy a test and if he
failed to answer any of his
> > >questions
he was to go back to the first-grade and behave. The
teacher
> > >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 third-grade
> >
>should know. The principal looks at the teacher and tells her, "I
think
> > >Harry can go to the
third-grade."
> >
>
> > >The teacher says to the principal,
"Let me ask him some questions?"
> > >The
principal and Harry both agree.
> >
>
> > >Teacher: "What does a cow have
four of that I have only two of?
> > >Harry:
"Legs"
> > >
>
> >Teacher: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
(the
> > >principal wondered, why does she
ask such a question!)
> > >Harry:
"Pockets"
> >
>
> > >Teacher: "What does a dog do that
a man steps into?"
> > >Harry:
"Pants"
> >
>
> > >Teacher: What's starts with a C
and ends with a T, is hairy, oval,
> >
>delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?"
>
> >(The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop
the
> >
>answer...)
> > >Harry:
"Coconut"
> >
>
> > >Teacher: "What goes in hard and
pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
> >
>Harry: "Bubblegum"
> >
>
> > >Teacher: "What does a man do
standing up, a woman does sitting down and a
>
> >dog do on three legs?"
> > >(The
principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the
answer...)
> > >Harry: "Shake
hands"
> > >
>
> >Teacher: "Now I will ask some '"Who am I" sort of questions,
okay?"
> > >Harry:
"Yup"
> > >
>
> >Teacher: "What am I... you blow me, you feel
good"
> > >Harry:
"Nose"
> > >
>
> >Teacher: "What am I... I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates. I come
with a
> >
>quiver"
> >
>
> >Harry: "Arrow"
> >
>
> > >Teacher: "What word starts with an
'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot
> > >of
excitement?"
> > >Harry:
"Firetruck"
> >
>
> > >The principal breathed a sigh of
relief and told the teacher, "Put his
> >
>ass in the fifth-grade, I got the last ten questions wrong
myself.