Act 1

Dave Chiew : “What is 45 by 100 in terms of percentage?”

Sonny (not his real name) Chiew : “18.9 percent.”

Dave Chiew : “No, son. It’s 45 percent.”

Sonny (not his real name) Chiew : “But my mathematic teacher said the answer is 18.9 percent!”

Dave Chiew : “Your teacher must have made a mistake.”

Sonny (not his real name) Chiew : “But teachers are never wrong!”

Dave Chiew : “No, Sonny (not his real name), 45 by 100 is 45 percent!”

Sonny (not his real name) Chiew : “But my teacher said whoever insists on the answer ‘45 percent’ is going to get punished by doing naked earsquats!”

Dave Chiew : “…”

Act 2

Principal : “Trisomy 21, I’m happy to inform you that the score for your last IQ test came back as 45! Congratulations! You are going to get to study in a normal school with normal children instead of sticking around this ‘School for the Retardeds’!”

Trisomy 21 : “No, sir. There must have been some mistake. My IQ test score should be 18.9 only! I’m still a retard!”

Principal : “But the test result showed that you scored a 45!”

Trisomy 21 : “I must have gotten lucky this time. I am still a retard. You see, retardness runs in the family. My grandparents are retards, my parents are retards, so I must be a retard! Please let me be a retard! I can’t live without being a retard! I need people to donate school books to me. I need people to donate my school uniforms, shoes… In fact I won’t even mind if they donate their used condoms to me so that I can have sex with my… err… my… daughter…”

Principal : “…”