It all depends on one owns perspective.
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!”
