Sunday, March 8, 2009

A Gift to the Medievalists!

Okay, this is a sign that I should keep the blog. Otherwise, with whom could I share this? I'm currently grading a batch of Brit Lit essays. I'm reading one now that is particularly weak. But it does contain this little gem. Enjoy:

"Gawain in a way is a poster child for chivalry, modesty, and the ideas of being a genital knight."

Giggle.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Omigosh! I just spit tea all over my keyboard! Too funny!

This Ro(a)mantic Life said...

Oh dear, the word verification garble I've been provided with for this comment is "suckw." How appropriate ...

Hilarious excerpt. Thanks for sharing -- wish the papers I'm grading had anything that entertaining! For now, they're just dismal.

Anonymous said...

Oh, thank you for sharing that! :D

baxie said...

the perils of spell check!

Notorious Ph.D. said...

Hot damn. Exhibit A for "Why spellcheck isn't enough."

Bardiac said...

Absolutely!

Give that student an A! It wasn't an accident at all!

Petunia Face said...

That would make a wicked porn: Genital Knights of the Round Table.

Good Enough Woman said...

There you go, Petunia Face! Voila! Your first script.

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of "I raped the manikin."