posted 05-05- 07:09 PM               

> The kindergarten class had a homework assignment to find out about something
> exciting and relate it to the class the next day. When the time came for
the
> little kids to give their reports, the teacher was calling on them one at a
> time. She was reluctant to call upon little Johnny, however, knowing that he
> could be a bit crude at times, but eventually his turn came. Little Johnny
> walked up to the front of the class and with a piece of chalk, made a small
> white dot on the blackboard, then sat back down. Well, the teacher couldn't
> figure out what Johnny had in mind for his report on something exciting, so
> she
> asked him just what that was.
>
> "It's a period," reported Johnny.
>
> "Well, I can see that," she said, "but what is so exciting about a period?"
>
> "Damned if I know," said Johnny, "but this morning my sister said she
missed
> one. Then Daddy had a heart attack, Mommy fainted and the man next door
shot
> himself."