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Dealing With Idiots | Friday | Period 4 (Session 7)
Another Baldrick-less class, and a professor who seemed to be trying to make up for it by smelling distinctly of coconut oil. You get your head start on Spring Break by blowing off your Friday classes, he'll do it his way. At least he wasn't in a bathing costume. Yet.
"One of the biggest drawbacks to the famous idiot is also one of the biggest advantages," he began when everyone was settled. "Unless you're unlucky enough to work for one, or have some other personal connection, you can't do anything much about the stupidity. They're not going to hear you when you shout at them, and while you could probably write some strongly-worded correspondence, the chance that they read their own fanmail -- or in the case of certain European royalty, anything that doesn't contain at least a three to one ratio of nude portraiture to words -- is slim to none."
The grin that followed was verging on truly nasty. "On the other hand, that means you can say any bloody thing you like to or about them, because they can't hear you. It won't have any effect on having to live with their political policies or their smarmy mugs slapped up on billboards every time you turn a corner, but ah, catharsis. Plus, depending on where you're doing your pointless railing, you can at least impress other people with your wit and creativity."
"Oh, yes,"I he added as an afterthought: "And your post-holiday homework is to bring in a picture of someone you believe falls into that public idiot category -- for target practice."
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"One of the biggest drawbacks to the famous idiot is also one of the biggest advantages," he began when everyone was settled. "Unless you're unlucky enough to work for one, or have some other personal connection, you can't do anything much about the stupidity. They're not going to hear you when you shout at them, and while you could probably write some strongly-worded correspondence, the chance that they read their own fanmail -- or in the case of certain European royalty, anything that doesn't contain at least a three to one ratio of nude portraiture to words -- is slim to none."
The grin that followed was verging on truly nasty. "On the other hand, that means you can say any bloody thing you like to or about them, because they can't hear you. It won't have any effect on having to live with their political policies or their smarmy mugs slapped up on billboards every time you turn a corner, but ah, catharsis. Plus, depending on where you're doing your pointless railing, you can at least impress other people with your wit and creativity."
"Oh, yes,"
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Edmund might have had his own target in mind, yes.
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