Mr. Perkins, the biology instructor at a posh suburban girl's junior
college, said during class, "Miss Arndt, would you please name the organ of
the human body, which, under the appropriate conditions, expands to six
times its normal size, and define the conditions."
Miss Arndt gasped, then said freezingly: "Mr. Perkins, I don't think that
is a proper question to ask me. I assure you my parents will hear of
this." With that she sat down red-faced.
Unperturbed, Mr. Perkins called on Miss Burke and asked the same question.
MissBurke, with composure, replied: "The pupil of the eye, in dim
light."
"Correct," said Mr. Perkins. "And now, Miss Arndt, 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 someday be faced with a dreadful
disappointment."
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