...reminds me of an ol' high school buddy's trick to avoid getting called upon during English class. Our teacher made the mistake a couple of times of asking Don questions about our literature assignments. You know, questions like, "Don, the writer seems to present a clear theme on...(whatever); what else might the author be attempting to say by his portrayal of (some main character)?" To which Don would reply, with something along the lines of, "Well, it seems (author's name) is trying to convey a sense of battling helplessness. Kinda like the situation I find myself in. Like see, I just found out that I got my girlfriend pregnant. She says that she loves me, but she wants to have an abortion. Apparently, that's what her parents want, too. Now, I wasn't trying to become a father so soon...but, I've told her that I want her to have my baby. Hell, I to want marry her. But, I'm not trying to put pressure on her. I told her we didn't HAVE to get married, although that's what I really want. I mean, we ought to still be able to go to college. I just don't want her to have the abortion, but I don't think I can convince her. And I just don't know what I can do. What do you think I should do?" Half the class (Don's friends who knew this was complete BS) would be covering their mouths with their hands and looking away to avoid busting out laughing, while the other half of the class would be stunned into silence with their jaws on the floor. The teacher would be doing obvious mental cartwheels trying to come up with a sensible answer to get Don's problem delicately off of her shoulders and pointed to the right people, when Don would interupt her stammering answer with, "Mrs. S, I'm just shitting you. I made that stuff up about my girlfriend..." Of course, by now you've got a class that's totally erupted into chaos and laughter, and a teacher that doesn't know whether to shit, laugh or cry. He got her twice (I know, unbelievable) on this type of gag. She felt like she had no choice but to NEVER call on him again in class, which was the master's plan all along. I'll never forget the time, he pulled that "pregnant girlfriend" story out for a substitute Algebra II teacher, who was old enough to have been our grandmother. She damn near died!
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