One day a girl came home from school, went to her mother and said, ‘Hey, mommy! Today in school we learned to count. The other kids could only count to three but I could count to ten.’
This girl is extraordinary
One day a girl came home from school, went to her mother and said, ‘Hey, mommy! Today in school we learned to count. The other kids could only count to three but I could count to ten.’
The mother responded, ‘Very good, honey!’
The girl asked, ‘Is this because I’m extraordinary?’
And the mother responded, ‘Yes, dear!’
Next day the girl came home, went to her mother and said, ‘Today in school we learned alphabets. The other kids could only get to D but I could get to K. Is this because I’m extraordinary, mommy?’
The mother responded, ‘Yes, dear!’
The third day the girl came home from school and said to her mother, ‘Mommy, today in school we went swimming. But I was the only one who could actually swim. Is this because I’m extraordinary?’
And the mother responded, ‘No, honey! This is because you’re twenty five.’
A lawyer can do anything
An engineer, a physicist and a lawyer were being interviewed for a position as chief executive officer of a large corporation. The engineer was interviewed first and was asked a long list of questions, ending with ‘How much is two plus two?’
The engineer excused himself and made a series of measurements and calculations before returning to the board room, and announcing, ‘Four.’
The physicist was next interviewed and was asked the same questions. Before answering the last question, he excused himself, went to the library and did a great deal of research. After a consultation with the United States Bureau of Standards and many calculations, he also announced, ‘Four.’
The lawyer was interviewed last and was asked the same questions. At the end of his interview, before answering the last question, he drew all the shades in the room, looked outside the door to see if anyone was there, checked the telephone for listening devices, and asked, ‘How much do you want it to be?’
First day on the job
The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Gomer - who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket went in to try out for the job. ‘Okay,’ the sheriff drawled, ‘Gomer, what is 1 and 1?’
‘11,’ he replied. The sheriff thought to himself that’s not what he meant, but Gomer was right.
‘What two days of the week start with the letter “T”?’
‘Today and Tomorrow.’ He was again surprised that Gomer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
‘Now, Gomer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?’
Gomer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, ‘I don’t know.’
‘Well, why don’t you go home and work on that one for a while?’
So, Gomer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Gomer was exultant. ‘It went great! First day on the job and I’m already working on a murder case!’
