A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks was having trouble with
one of her students. The teacher asked, "Johnny, what is
your problem?"
Johnny 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 Johnny to the principal's
office. While Johnny 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 and
if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go
back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed. Johnny was
brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he
agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Johnny: "9".
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Johnny: "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 Johnny
can go to the 3rd grade."
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions.
" The principal and Johnny both agreed. Ms. Brooks asks,
"What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Johnny, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not
have?"
The principal wondered, why does she ask such a question!
Johnny replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Johnny: "Pants"
Ms. Brooks: What's starts with a C and ends with a T, is hairy,
oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?
Johnny: Coconut
The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop
the answer, Johnny was taking charge.
Ms. Brooks: What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and
sticky?
Johnny: Bubble gum
Ms. Brooks: What does a man do standing up, a woman do sitting
down and a dog do on three legs?" The principal's eyes open
really wide and before he could stop the answer.
Johnny: Shake hands
Ms. Brooks: What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that
means a lot of heat and excitement?
Johnny: Firetruck
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher,
"Put Johnny in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions
wrong."
