| Joe, a college student, was taking
a course in ornithology, the study of birds. The night before
the biggest test of the semester, Joe spent all night studying.
He had the textbook nearly memorized. He knew his class
notes backward and forward. Joe was ready.
The morning of the test, Joe entered the auditorium and
took a seat in the front row. On the table in the front
was a row of ten stuffed birds. Each bird had a sack covering
its body, and only the legs were showing. When class started,
the professor announced that the students were to identify
each bird by looking at its legs and give its common name,
species, habitat, mating habits, etc.
Joe looked at each of the birds' legs. They all looked
the same to him. He started to get angry. He had stayed
up all night studying for this test and now he had to identify
birds by their LEGS? The more he thought about the situation,
the angrier he got.
Finally he reached his boiling point. He stood up, marched
up to the professor's desk, crumpled up his exam paper and
threw it on the desk. "What a ridiculous test!"
he told the prof. "How could anyone tell the difference
between these birds by looking at their legs? This exam
is the biggest rip-off I've ever seen!"
With that, Joe turned and stormed toward the exit. The
professor was a bit shocked, and it took him a moment to
regain his composure. Then, just as Joe was about to walk
out the door, the prof shouted out, "Wait a minute,
young man, what's your name?"
Joe turned around, pulled up his pant legs and hollered,
"You tell me, prof! You tell me!"
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