ARE U SMART ENOUGH FOR 3RD GRADE?
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-grade 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 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 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: Bubblegum
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.”