"Everyone knows what tentacle porn is, right?" she asked.

"Because it's sort of like that."

The class erupted in laughter.  My student beamed with deserved pride at the success of her willful misdirection.  I think this means I've taught them well.  (At the very least they won't be boring.)

Comments

[Vance Maverick]

This is very funny, and yet...I may have to detach from one of my many sources of Scott, lest the jokes defeat themselves in triplicate.

[SEK]

I know, I know. We're trying to pump-start the Valve, so I posted it there as well. (Normally, only lit-lit stuff goes there.)

[John McKay]

So, she gets a smiley face with gold stars for the comedic timing part of the class, right?

[Batocchio]

She knew her audience.

[SEK]

So, she gets a smiley face with gold stars for the comedic timing part of the class, right?

Absolutely. Comedy's a rhetorical effect, after all.

She knew her audience.

And, more importantly, how to play them.