The Lecture

“It has been shown numerous times that seagrasses are very important to coastal productivity. It was decided to examine whether this was also the case in Atlantis. It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material”, the professor droned, having gone on like this for quite some time now. It seems the one thing lecturers do best is to avoid focus, originality and personality, leave out any illustration, omit reasoning using many abbreviations, suppress humor while quoting numerous papers and colleagues.

Despite all this, David Banner found himself paying close attention.

That is, until the man sitting next to him saw fit make a short, witty remark which under normal circumstances would not be particularly funny, but in this situation David found himself uncharacteristically amused. At first, a short giggle through the nose, but as time wore on, the grin on his neighbor also growing, David found himself fighting for control. The more he fought, the harder it became to maintain control; the harder to maintain control, the more he fought. Then, from deep within, with all the strength he could muster forth, he quenched the desire to laugh:

..and it was time…

With a quick jerk of the head David found himself looking up at the ceiling, unable to fight the urge within him, unable to resist, eyes turning a subtle jasper, clothes becoming tighter with every second, indeed his topmost button was near to pop. Then, then the first rip, as his shirt, unable to contain the physical stress ripped from the back, bottom to top, legs likewise within his pants, turning to shreds the khakis he’d just gotten the week before. And with heads turned and eyes bulging in almost disbelief, there he was, the monster in all his hideous green before them all, jumping onto the table with a growl and flexing every muscle he grabbed his sides and began to giggle quietly to himself.

“Mr. McGee, don’t make me silly. You wouldn’t like me when I’m silly…”

For his escapades, Mr. Banner received a ‘0’ for the day.