F is for Fetish
The scene is Physics 222, a class whose lectures range from dull to incomprehensible. Dr. K. has started to talk, so most students have settled in for a nap (or pulled out the Daily Universe). Suddenly, he makes an announcement:
“I have a fetish!”
This gets everyone’s attention.
He continues, “I really hate it when people read the newspaper in class.”
Those with newspapers dutifully put them away, and Dr. K. continues with the lecture.
. . .
In retrospect, I think he probably meant “I have a pet peeve.”
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I have a pet fetish.
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Errrrr....
Yeah, that's annoying. Sounds like a shamelessly intentional misuse of a word to get people's attention.
I don't know. Maybe he really does have a fetish, and decided not to share it right then. He decided he needed to backpedal, so he brought up a pet peeve instead. Sounds likely... :D
Years ago, in my logic class, a young kid had fallen asleep during the lecture.
The instructor (he was so rad!) wrote in huge letters on the board:
WAKE
UP!
It took all of about 5 seconds for the guy to wake up. It was freaking hilarious.
I'm totally trying this in my class. Wait till everyone's bored and then shout out "I have a fetish!"
Actually, I'd probably get sued.
Dr. Vince Skarda at BYU had a pet peeve -- students falling asleep in his advanced math classes. One day he brought to class a violin case and set in down in the front of the room. No explanation. After awhile a few students decided to take a nap. He paused, then quietly went over to his violin case and removed a large squirt gun (probably a super soaker). With a vengeance he soaked the sleeping students.
Maybe it was a fetish.
Sleeping in 222! I'm taking it from Durfee right now, and if I slept I might as well drop the course. I have a vague idea of what's going on when I walk in, and 50 minutes later, I am totally lost....
Oh, I get it... since you can't understand it anyways, might as well take a nap. hmmm...
th. - I don't want to know.
jb & becca - Dr. Knight wasn't a particularly subtle fellow. I'm pretty sure that he genuinely didn't know what the word meant.
cpm - Ah, yes. Professor Durfee. I TA'd 107 under him for a semester; he used to drop by and confuse my students. Good luck!
Prof. Durfee is in my ward. He teaches some interesting Sunday School lessons every couple of weeks.
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