Teachers and professors say the darndest things. Maybe it’s a test – to see if anyone is listening. More likely, they just like to be clever, or inadvertently dumb…

“If what I said makes any sense to you, you have a big problem.”

“The algorithm to do that is extremely nasty. You might want to mug
someone with it.”

“Chemists want to know. Is it a really good acid, or just a half-acid?”

“This process can check if this value is zero, and if it is, it does
something child-like.”

“You can’t drink negative beer. Well, I guess you could throw up.”

“You can bring any computer you like to the midterm, as long as it
doesn’t dim the lights when you turn it on.”

“The subspace W inherits the other 8 properties of V. And there
aren’t even any property taxes.”

“You can write a small letter to Grandma in the filename.”

“Ooh. Interpretation? That idea is very dark…very dark indeed.”

“I have a very short time to explain evolution.”