Hope this isnt a repost ...............
>> 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 in to?"
>>
>> 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 starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a
>> lot of heat and excitement?"
>>
>> Harry: "Fire truck."
>>
>> The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put
>> Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong......
>> 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 in to?"
>>
>> 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 starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a
>> lot of heat and excitement?"
>>
>> Harry: "Fire truck."
>>
>> The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put
>> Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong......