One
day a
fourth-grade
teacher asked
the children
what their
fathers did
for
a living.
All
the typical
answers came
up - fireman,
mechanic,
businessman,
salesman... and
so forth.
However,
little Johnny
was being
uncharacteristically
quiet, so when
the
teacher prodded
him about his
father, he
replied, "My
father's an
exotic
dancer in a gay
cabaret and
takes off all
his clothes to
music in front
of other men
and they put
money in his
underwear.
Sometimes, if
the offer is
really good,
he will go
home with some
guy and stay
with him all
night for
money."
The
teacher,
obviously
shaken by this
statement,
hurriedly set
the other
children to work
on some
exercises and
took little
Johnny aside
to ask
him, "Is that
really true
about your
father?"
"No,"
the boy said,
"He plays
football for
the Chicago
Bears, but
it's
too embarrassing
to say that in
front of the
other kids."