Mr. Perkins, the biology instructor at a
posh suburban girl's junior college, asked during class, "Miss Smythe, would you
please name the organ of the human body which, under the appropriate conditions, expands
to six times its normal size, and define those conditions?"
Miss Smythe gasped, then said coolly,
"Mr. Perkins, I don't think that is a proper question to ask me. I assure you, my
parents will hear of this," and sat down red-faced.
Unperturbed, Mr. Perkins called on Miss
Johnson and asked the same question. Miss Johnson, with composure, replied, "The
pupil of the eye, in dim light."
"Correct Miss Johnson." said Mr.
Perkins. "And now, Miss Smythe, I have three things to say to you. ONE, you have not
studied your lesson. TWO, you have a dirty mind. And THREE, you will some day be faced
with a dreadful disappointment."
