Minor Triumphs on the Enviro Front:

(Phone rings)
"Hello, Professor, I just wanted to thank you for making me look good."
"How did I do that?"
"Remember how at the beginning of January you said in our class that the rebirth of the OPEC cartel and the way oil futures were going meant that gasoline and home heating prices would go way up in February?"
"Yes."
"Well, after class I went home and told my father that, and last night he asked me how I had got so smart."
"And?"
"Well, of course, I didn't say I got it from you, but it was pretty good anyway."
"Did you tell him the part about hoping the price would go up about 5 times its current price?"
"Are you crazy??????!!!!Thanks, Professor".