Period
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, knowing that he
sometimes could be a bit crude. 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, Mom fainted and
the man next door shot himself."
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