LITTLE RALPHIE ON MATH

Little RALPHIE is in school, and the teacher says, 'RALPHIE, there are six birds sitting on a telephone wire, and a hunter shoots one of them with his shotgun. How many birds are left?'

Little RALPHIE replies, ‘NONE – the rest of the birds flew away!’

Miss Rogers smiles and says, ‘The correct answer is five, Little RALPHIE, but I like the way you think.’

‘OK, Teacher,’ says Little RALPHIE, ‘Now I have a question for you: there are three women sitting eating ice cream cones. The first one is just taking little licks, the second one is carefully licking up and down and all about the sides of her ice cream cone, and the third one opens her mouth wide and takes the entire ice cream cone into her mouth. Which one of these women is married?’

‘Oooh! . . . er . . . uh . . . um . . .’ Miss Rogers replies nervously, ‘Why, I suppose it’s the one who opens her mouth and takes the entire ice cream cone in her mouth . . .’

‘Wrong, Teacher!’ Little RALPHIE replies, ‘It’s the woman wearing the wedding ring, but I like the way you think!’

H/Ts 45Govt & Stormbringer