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I thought that this was going to have stories like when taking an exam in a large lecture hall, one student finishes late, and the professor says, "Sorry, you c
by palad1n 4y ago
I thought that this was going to have stories like when taking an exam in a large lecture hall, one student finishes late, and the professor says, "Sorry, you can't turn that in now." And the student goes, "Do you know who I am?" where the professor replies, "No, not at all." Then the student goes, "Good," and shoves his paper in the middle of the pile of exams.
- KineticLensman 4y agoA similar (non-academic) story concerns an RAF pilot who in WW2 phoned the air ministry to complain about some recent order or decision. He got through and proceeded to rant about the stupidity of those in command. Eventually when he ran down the person at the other end asked if he (the pilot) knew who he was speaking to. When the pilot said 'no' the person at the end said 'Air Chief Marshal Dowding'. The pilot then said 'Do you know who you are speaking to?' When Dowding replied 'No' he said 'Thank God for that' and hung up. Allegedly.
- ravisutrave 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9xdHj1I2uc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9xdHj1I2uc
- jamboca 4y agoWhere to find more stories like this?
- parpfish 4y agoThe “fact” that the different parts of the tongue taste different things was due to bad data viz and mistranslation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_map https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_map
- mwcremer 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29677298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29677298
- marc_abonce 4y agohttps://www.snopes.com/tag/exam-scams/ https://www.snopes.com/tag/exam-scams/