1. 7/5th of all people do not understand fractions. 2. A boy, frustrated with all the rules he had to follow, asked his father, "Dad, how soon will I be old enough to do as I please?" The father answered immediately, "I don't know. Nobody has lived that long yet." 3. A conference is a gathering of important people who individually can't do anything but together can decide that nothing can be done 4.