Rats

A try at levity, since you all have worked so hard to help me.  One of the favorite jokes my Dad told me as a kid.  Still makes me crack the hell up.

Little JohnnyBoyFloyd is sitting in class being well behaved for once.  The teacher says to the class, "Today we are going to work through the alphabet.  I will give you the letter and and you will give me a word that starts with that letter.  Let's begin.  Who can give me a word for the letter A?"

Hands shoot up around the room and the teacher sees JohnnyBoy's hand come up first, but she is instantly afraid of what may come out of this child's mouth. "He'll say asshole, I know it.  Not a chance, JohnnyBoy!" she thinks to herself.

"Caroline?"

"A is for aardvark," says Caroline.

"Very good, Caroline!  Now who has a word for B?"

Again, JohnnyBoy's hand rockets up first.  "Ohhh, no, he'll say bitch or bastard," Teacher thinks.

"Billy?"

"B is for baseball!" says overeager Billy, who had too much red Kool-Aid for lunch.

This routine goes on and JohnnyBoy's hand is always the first up.  The teacher finally gets to R.

"I can't think of a single bad word that starts with R.  I need to call on JohnnyBoy, he's trying very hard today."

"Who can help me with R?"

JohnnyBoy, true to form, has his arm up first.

"Okay JohnnyBoy, what word starts with R?"

JohnnyBoy rises from his seat, spreads his arms wide and gives his answer to the crowd:

"RATS, BIG FUCKING RATS WITH COCKS THIS BIG!"

 Hope that made you smile.