Radio Erevan joke...

It is truly amazing, sometimes, what kinds of things bob up and down, like bones in a stew, inside this head of mine, especially after having completed two jobs weighing in at over 5,000 words (and I'm not finished for the day, either!).

I somehow ended up at a website called "Inside Higher Ed," where I spied an article that begins:

While American universities debate whether "civility" is an appropriate way to evaluate faculty members, a British institution has faced intense criticism for punishing a faculty member for sighing, unfriendly body language and the use of irony. (Emphasis mine.)

This immediately reminded me of a joke I heard wa-a-y back in the day, attributed to "Radio Erevan" (aka, "Armenian Radio"):

A listener asks: "What should I do if a stranger sits down at my table at a restaurant and begins to sigh?"

Our editorial board responds: "You should demand the stranger immediately cease this display of anti-Soviet propaganda!"

Off to take a short nap, and then do the other 5,000 words for the day (just kidding... only 2,000 words).

Cheers...