I like the way you think

A female lecturer is telling a group of students how to teach maths to small children. “It’s always a good idea for them to visualise the question. For instance, if I said there were three cats on a wall and one was shot dead – how many were left? – the children would answer 2. They would be able to see the cats in their mind’s eye.” At that point she was interrupted by one of the students. “Excuse me, but I would have answered none to that question.” The lecturer looked puzzled, repeated the problem but again the student shook his head. “My answer would be none,” he said. “If one of the cats had been shot then the other two would have been out of there in a flash.” She replied, “Well, in theory that wouldn’t be correct, however I like the way you think.” The student continued, “May I ask you a question now? If there were three women walking down the street, one licking an ice lolly, one biting an ice lolly and one sucking an ice lolly – which one would you think was married?” The teacher blushed profusely and stuttered a reply. “Well … er … the one sucking the ice lolly.” “No,” replied the student, smiling, “it would be the one wearing a wedding ring … still, I like the way you think!”