My mother always told me, “Boy, if somebody asks you a stupid question, you give them a stupid answer.” And boy, did I take her advice to heart.

One day, I was sitting in my car when a couple of cops walked up to me. They asked, “Would you like to step out of the car?” Now, I couldn’t resist giving them a taste of their own medicine.

I replied with a big smile on my face, “How many kidneys do we have?” The cops looked at me puzzled, not expecting such a response. Quick-witted as ever, I blurted out, “Four!”

You can imagine their reaction. They burst into laughter, thinking I was joking. But little did they know, I had a plan. I continued, “Four? Haha. Bring a bundle of grass, because we have a donkey in the room!” I pointed at a fellow student who was sitting in the front row.

The teacher, who was notorious for his love of embarrassing students, couldn’t resist the opportunity. He ordered the frontbencher to bring the grass and play along.

Seizing the moment, I added, “And for me, a coffee!” The room erupted in laughter, except for the furious teacher. He was so angry, he kicked me out of the class. But that didn’t stop me from having the last laugh.

As I walked out, I turned to the teacher and said, “You asked me how many kidneys ‘we have.’ We have four: two of mine and two of yours. ‘We have’ is an expression used for the plural. Enjoy the grass.” I couldn’t help but laugh at my own cleverness.

And so, with a mischievous grin on my face, I left the room, knowing that I had outsmarted the teacher and taught him a valuable lesson in grammar.