Tuesday 2 December, 2008

I can't think a good title for this post, but you should read it anyway cause it's going to be funny.

In my second year at Mithibai college, I was blessed to be in the presence of a professor called Mr. B (I am not going to reveal his identitity cause there might be people from Mithibai reading this!)

He 'taught' us a subject called Fundamental Concept, which was basically a good class to attend if you have insomnia. Sleep was guarenteed. He would basically drone on about our Human Rights and Freedoms and Duties. Don't get me wrong, the subject is very interesting. But Mr. B had his own method of teaching. He would basically come to class and recite a whole chapter out loud and leave. No scope for questions, cause he didn't even breathe in the middle while he recited.

However, there was something very peculiar about Mr B. He had a full head of red hair. Not natural, of course. The red that came from really bad henna. The colour was inconsistent too. Somewhere it was red, behind his ears it was orange and at the nape of his neck, his hair was white. It was like a lunar eclipse when he would show up in class. And for those who bothered to attend, they would be subject to 40 minutes of droning, and watching his shiny red hair.

One day, I made a decision to *finally* attend his class (not having done so before). So he entered, and began his usual 'teaching'. I stifled a yawn, trying to protect my eyes from his hair. Out of nowhere, a joke crept in to my mind, and I had the urge to immediately share this joke with RadRid, who would sit next to me. I scribbled something on her notebook and passed it to her.

She read the contents and giggled. Now Mr B, who is usually oblivious of what is happening around him, looked up from his book and saw her giggling.

"Yes, what is the matter?"
I froze, so did RadRid.
"Uhh...Nothing sir!"
"Show me the book"
Crap.Crap.Crap. That's all my mind could think.

So he took the notebook and went back to his desk. He read the contents too.
"Oh, so it's a joke about me." he said in an uninterested voice.
RadRid and I were sweating bullets at this point.

And then, he did something that I never imagined he would. He read the joke out loud.

"Why did the students run away from Mr B's class?
Because it was declared Red Alert"

As you can imagine, the class imediatelly broke into laughter (I was quite surprised so many were in class! Usually his lectures had only 4-5 people!) Mr B wasn't laughing, with good reason. I apologised immediately, but he just shrugged.

I thought we'd be told to leave class, or our attendance would be cancelled. But nothing like that happened. He just returned the book to RadRid and resumed his class. And he didn't take any action against us after this incident.

But he did take one action regarding the joke.

He stopped colouring his hair.

5 comments:

Mihir said...

awesome.... must agree, u have a really strong imagination power.

Supaar said...

haha thanks :)

A Nerd Anarch said...

I have had this cure for insomnia ever since I've been in my college. In fact, now I'm exact opposite of being insomniac -only while the lectures last though.
Anyway, the humour was subtle, and intelligent. Just the kind I like. And then, there was a moral in the story too. Good One! :)

A Nerd Anarch said...

I have had this cure for insomnia ever since I've been in my college. In fact, now I'm exact opposite of being insomniac -only while the lectures last though.
Anyway, the humour was subtle, and intelligent. Just the kind I like. And then, there was a moral in the story too. Good One! :)

Supaar said...

@ A Nerd: Thank you :)