What starts with an F and ends in a K

[Mackman]

> A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her
> students. The teacher asked, 'Harry, what's your problem?'
>
> Harry answered, 'I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd
> grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd 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. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to
> go back to the 1st 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 3rd grader
> should know.
>
> The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, 'I think Harry can go to
> the 3rd grade.'
>
> Ms. Brooks says to the principal, 'Let me ask him some questions.'
>
> The principal and Harry both agreed.
>
> 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 would 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 starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious
> and contains thin, whitish liquid?'
> Harry: 'Coconut.'
>
> The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
>
> Ms. Brooks: 'What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?'
> The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the
> answer, Harry replied, 'Bubble gum.'
>
> Ms. Brooks: 'What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and
> a dog does on three legs?'
> Harry: 'Shake hands.'
>
> The principal was trembling.
>
> 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 seven questions wrong.....