College Humor
Office hours was just about over, and the line that normally piles up outside my door had evaporated bit by bit till there was nothing left but a peaceful hallway. But then—footsteps. A student appeared at my door, said she had a joke to share, and then launched a crumpled up piece of paper at me. This one:
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She immediately disappeared with no further words. That’s not much a joke, I thought, but then I uncrumpled the paper:
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