On a similar note: While in high-school English class taking an exam, in a fit of boredom (having completed it early) I scrawled the Hamlet soliloquy "To be or

On a similar note: While in high-school English class taking an exam, in a fit of boredom (having completed it early) I scrawled the Hamlet soliloquy "To be or not to be" (going on for several lines) in the margin. Next morning, the teacher took me aside and asked as gently & tactfully as possible if everything was OK. Momentarily puzzled (yes, everything was fine), the meaning of Hamlet's mutterings suddenly hit me: the lines were not just a vague pontification about life, he was actually contemplating suicide. I assured the concerned teacher everything really was OK.