BUT I LIKE THE WAY YOU ARE THINKING
Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his
teacher picked him to answer a question.
"Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot
one with your gun, how many would be left?"
"None." replied Johnny, "Because the rest would fly away." "Well,
the answer is four," said the teacher. "But I like the way you are
thinking."
Little Johnny said, "I have a question for you now. If there were
three women eating ice cream cones, one licking her cone, the
second biting her cone, and the third one sucking her cone, which
one is married?" "Well," said the teacher nervously, "I guess the
one sucking the cone?" "No," said Little Johnny, "The one with the
wedding ring on her finger. But I like the way you are
thinking.
Another day in class the teacher brought a bag full of fruit. "Now
class, I'm going to reach into the bag and describe a piece of
fruit, and you tell what fruit I'm talking about."
"Okay, first: it's rounded, plump and red." Of course, Johnny
raised his hand high, but the teacher wisely ignored him and picked
Deborah, who promptly answered "An apple." "No Deborah, it's a
beet, but I like your thinking."
"Now, for the second: It's soft, fuzzy, and colored red and
brownish." Well, Johnny is hopping up and down in his seat trying
to get the teacher to call on him. But she skips him again and
calls on Billy. "Is it a peach?" "No, Billy, I'm afraid it's a
potato. But I like your thinking."
"Here's another: it's long, yellow, and fairly hard." By now Johnny
is about to explode as he waves his hand frantically. The teacher
skips him again and calls on Sally. "A banana," she says. "No," the
teacher replies, "It's a squash, but I like your thinking."
Johnny is kind of irritated now, so he speaks up loudly. "Hey, I've
got one for you teacher; let me put my hand in my pocket. Okay,
I've got it: "It is round, hard, and it got a head on it."
"Johnny!" she cries. "That's disgusting!" "Nope," answers Johnny,
"It's a quarter, but I like your thinking."