Puzzlement

"Puzzlement"

We took the family to one of those restaurants
where the walls are plastered with movie
memorabilia. I went off to see the hostess
about reserving a table.

When I returned, I found my 11-year-old daughter
staring at a poster of Superman, standing in a
phone booth. She looked puzzled.

"She doesn't know who Superman is?"
I whispered to my husband.

"Worse," he replied. "She doesn't know what
a phone booth is."

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"Three Little Pigs"

One day the first grade teacher was reading
the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class.
She came to the part of the story where the
first pig was trying to accumulate the building
materials for his home.

She read, "...and so the pig went up to the
man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and
said, "Pardon me, sir, but may I have some
of that straw to build my house?"

The teacher paused then asked the class,
"And what do you think that man said?"

After several moments, a little boy raised his
hand and said, "I think he said "Holy crap!
A talking pig!"

The teacher was unable to teach for the next
20 minutes.
Received on Thu Mar 16 09:50:53 2006