Theophany All Over: Things I Wish Were April Fool's Jokes

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Things I Wish Were April Fool's Jokes

You would not believe how many times a day I tell a student to be quiet and get one of these responses:

"I wasn't talking to anybody, I was talking to myself!"

"I wasn't talking, I was singing!"

(Having looked me in the eye, while talking to someone else) "I wasn't even talking!"

It's totally insane.

2 comments:

Joe said...: I could see my oldest son (six years old) saying all three!!!; 4/1/08, 12:17 PM
Anonymous said...: Does that sound like Charlie or WHAT??; 4/3/08, 6:40 PM

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