Can anyone enlighten me on how the x-Ray specs were supposed to work? I always wanted to know but I wasn't prepared to send any money away to find out. Not rich enough to take a chance on what I assumed was a cheap trick.

This is not a bought joke, but I have to admit it is the only time I have laughed at a student in one of my classes. It was in a pre-trades horticulture group. He was about 17 going on 5, and was being a real pain in the arse, and even the other 17-to-5 year olds in the class were getting frustrated with his antics.

We took a short break and they went off and bought some drinks out of the vending machine. When they came back into class the annoying one was drinking from his can of drink and suddenly started carrying on about the chili taste on the top of the can. He went on and on about it and didn't stop after a couple of minutes, when I would assume that the chili would have lost a bit of its bite.

One of the other guys said, "Oh, just get over it!" but he wouldn't stop. Finally he got up and walked out of the room (which was pretty much a blessed relief for all of us).

After he left one of the other guys said that they had all pitched in to buy the can of drink, and then (remember that this was a horticulture class) they found the hot chili bush and rubbed one around the opening of the can.

So Kyle, you can invent your own jokes. Just don't try them out on me, okay??

Helen