Random Thoughts

LAB classes usually are very boring, but today it was a pleasant exception. the attendence was full because we had an announced quiz today, and the prof seemed to be at his intellectual best but in a slightly "jerky" way. why am i writing this, will be more clear later.

there was a case in which the court had directed to replace the engine of a faulty car. the prof asked us whether the court should have replaced the whole car instead of replacing the whole engine. i replied, probably it was my only CP in the LAB class till now, that maybe the company had stopped making that particular model by the time the verdict was given. but the prof was looking for some different answer. one guy said that the court was not at fault, since car and engine are two different things. several hands rose to comment on this, and i am writing the conversation exactly as it happened.

A: but sir, i don't agree with his opinion. after all, what would you do with the car if there is no engine inside it.

the whole class was attentive, and the people were expecting some serious judicial explanation. the prof thought for a while, then spoke.

Prof: well, i don't think i have to tell you the other uses of a car without engine.

boys will always boys. while the faces of girls were still blank, the boys started banging the desks with cheer. and their laugh turned hysterical when the prof said," and you can find many documentary evidences of such uses also, in movies like Titanic". :)

but this was not all. during the later part of the class, somehow the conversation steered to the recent controversy in Bihar where a 6-yr old boy is charged with molestation. he quoted an example, and i am writing the words verbatim.

"once a small boy was charged with rape. during the trial, the boy was standing in the witness box. his lawyer, when he was called by the judge to present the evidence, went to the boy and pulled his pants down. he touched his organ by his hand and shook it vigorously. then he told to the judge - look my lord, this organ is not even capable of an erection. how can you think this boy can even rape somebody? the lawyer spoke this line several times and in the meantime, he continued to shake the "organ". finally the boy whispered to the lawyer in his ears - one more jerk, and you lose the case !!!!"

there were 72 people in the class, and 12 of them were girls. :)