Always Last

Father: Well, my son, what is your number in the school-list this month?

Son: I am the twenty-sixth.

Father: How many boys are there in your class?

Son: There are twenty-six.

(A month later.)

Father: Well, my boy, what is your number in the list now?

Son: I am the twenty-seventh.

Father: How can that be? If I remember right, there are only twenty-six in your class.

Son: Oh! No, we have a new boy now.

school-list список учащихся (по успеваемости)

Teacher: How many fingers have you?

Bobbie: Ten.

Teacher: Well, if four were missing, what would you have then?

Bobbie: No music lessons.