just another day in class...

during my anatomy and physiology class this week, we were discussing different organelles of the cell and arrived at the lysosome. as i'm discussing the function of the lysosome (destroying things that a cell doesn't want around, like bacteria and stuff), a student in the front row says "oh.. is that why it's called the suicide sack?" i looked at him and asked him to repeat what he just said. "suicide sack... the book says that it can explode and kill the cell... is that why it's called the suicide sack?" i responded with "please stop saying the word sack" and then tried answering the question as best i could before my response fell apart... and it ended with "i'm sorry, all i can think about right now is sacks. and by sacks i mean testicles. and specifically yours." and there's the advantage of teaching adults.