One day a teacher is going over mathematics with her class.

She says to her class "Ok, you have 5 birds on a telephone wire. A farmer comes out and shoots one. How many are remaining?" From out of nowhere little Johnny raises his hand very confident he knows the answer. The teacher sees little Johnny's hand and calls on him admiring his eagerness to reply.

She says "Johnny, how many birds are left if the farmer shoots one?" Little Johnny says "There wouldn't be any left". Curious as to his logic she asks him as to why there wouldn't be any birds left.

Little Johnny replies "Because if he shot at one, then the rest would get scared and fly away". The teacher thought it was cute but felt she had to correct his reasoning or he wouldn't learn a lesson. The teacher then says "I'm sorry Johnny, but you're wrong". Johnny asks why.

She tells him "If you shoot one bird out of the 5, then you'll have 4 remaining, but I like the way you're thinking".

Johnny, feeling a little down, decides to make a come back to the teacher because he wanted to get the last word in. He says to the teacher "Ok, now I have a problem for you ma'am". The teacher was surprised as to this, but decided to amuse him none the less. She says "Ok, go ahead and ask". Johnny says "There are 3 women walking down the street eating ice cream on a cone. One is licking the ice cream, another is biting the ice cream, and the 3rd is sucking the ice cream, which one is married?" Blushing, the teacher didn't know what to say right away, at the same time, she wanted to guess right so she says "Hmmmmm, I would have to say the one licking the ice cream". Johnny says "No. The one with the wedding ring on her finger, but I like the way you're thinking!".