TROUBLE WITH HARRY….
July 19th, 2005
A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks 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!”
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 and if he failed to answer any of his questions he
was to go back to the first-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 third-grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms Brooks and tells her, “I think
Harry can go to the third-grade.”
Ms Brooks says to the principal, “Let me ask him some
questions?” The principal and Harry both agree.
Ms Brooks asks, “What does a cow have four of that I
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 does 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’s starts with a C and ends with a T, is hairy,
oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?
Harry: Coconut
The principal’s eyes open really wide and before he could
stop the answer, Harry was taking charge.
Ms Brooks: What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft
and sticky?
Harry: 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.
Harry: Shake hands
Ms Brooks: Now I will ask some “Who am I” sort of
questions,okay?
Harry: Yep.
Ms Brooks: You stick your poles inside me. You tie
me down to get me up. I get wet before you do.
Harry: Tent
Ms Brooks: A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me
when you’re bored. The best man always has me first.
The Principal was looking restless and bit tense.
Harry: Wedding Ring
Ms Brooks: I come in many sizes. When I’m not
well, I drip. When you blow me, you feel good.
Harry: Nose
Ms Brooks: I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates.
I come with a quiver.
Harry: Arrow
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 ten questions wrong myself.”