> > What Starts with F and ends with K
> >
> > 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: "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 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
