Phil 0 #1 October 4, 2002 The school inspector is assigned to the grade 4 class in one of the local schools. He is introduced to the class by the teacher. She says to the class "Let's show the inspector just how clever you are by allowing him to ask you a few questions". The inspector reasons that normally the day class starts with religious instruction, so he will ask a Bible question. He asks: "Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho?" For a full minute there is absolute silence. The children all stare at him blankly. Eventually, Sipho raises his hand. The inspector excitedly points to him. Sipho stands up and replies "Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I can assure you that it wasn't me." Of course the inspector is shocked at the answer and looks at the teacher for an explanation. Realising that he is perturbed, the teacher says "Well, I've known Sipho since the beginning of the year, and I believe that if he says that he didn't do it, then he didn't do it." The inspector is even more shocked at this and storms down to the principal's office and tells him what happened, to which the principal replies "I don't know the boy, but I socialise every now and then with his teacher, and I believe her. If she feels that the boy is innocent, then he must be innocent". The inspector can't believe what he is hearing. He grabs the phone on the principal's desk and in a rage dials the Minister of Education's telephone number and rattles off the entire occurrence to him and asks him what he thinks of this example of the standard of education in S.A. The Minister sighs heavily and replies: "I don't know the boy, the teacher nor the principal, but just get three quotes and have the wall fixed!!" ... .. .how high can you fly with broken wings ... life's a journey not a destination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #2 October 4, 2002 LMAO Phil, you are a bad, bad person jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #3 October 4, 2002 Quote The Minister sighs heavily and replies: "I don't know the boy, the teacher nor the principal, but just get three quotes and have the wall fixed What you did not add is that the Minister will then procede to supply three phone numbers of three building firms. One he is the director of One his brother is a director of One his wife is a director of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #4 October 4, 2002 LMAO!!! QuoteThe Minister sighs heavily and replies: "I don't know the boy, the teacher nor the principal, but just get three quotes and have the wall fixed!!" ... and whoever puts a wall around my garden for free gets the contract .... Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
