In the 1930s, out of power and financially strapped, Churchill taught a lecture
course at Cambridge on human sociology. One afternoon standing at the lectern
and, always prone to the dramaticity, he turned to the large class and
demanded, "What part of the human body expands to 12 times its normal size when
subjected to external stimulation?"
The class gasped. Churchill, obviously relishing the moment, pointed at a young
woman in the tenth row. "What's the answer?" he demanded.
The woman flushed and replied, "Well, obviously it's the male sexual organ."
"Wrong!" said Churchill. "Who knows the correct answer?"
Another woman raised her hand. "The right answer is that it's the pupil of the
human eye, which expands to twelve times its normal size when exposed to
darkness."
"Of course!" exclaimed Churchill, and he turned back to the unfortunate first
woman. "Young lady," he said, "I have three things to say to you.
First, you didn't do the homework. Second, you have a dirty mind, and third,
you are doomed to a life of excessive expectations."
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