The One

I've found him, Reader(s).  After two months here, two classes into my second quarter, I think I've found a new, eminently quotable professor.  Though I was a lot more sure of his status twenty minutes into his lecture than I was two hours in.  Toward the end of the class, after the 37th detour on his 22nd digression, it became clear we weren't actually going to learn anything new, but he never lost his charm and wit.  And of course, what really had me was what happened before lecture.  When he climbed up the stairs and into the row I was sitting in, asked me if he had my name right (we had never spoken or met-- I had never even seen him until then), followed by the words, "Now, how did you know you were allergic to llamas?"

Ah, yes, the llamas.  We were told in the first class (by a different instructor) to email the teaching staff an introduction.  I did.  I added that fun fact.  And it apparently made quite an impression as we spent the next 5 minutes dissecting and mocking my poor immune response ("are you allergic to llama meat?  Have you had llama?"  "No, have you?"  "No."  "Wait, do people even eat llama?"  ...  "I promise not to use any llamas during lecture."  "I appreciate that."  "We don't know about your classmates." ...)

And now, some lecture highlights (before it all got lost):

(the discovery is so new, I don't even have a nickname read for him, so he's just Generic Professor for the moment)

(on class participation)

GenProf: Are you going to be one of those shy classes that don't talk?  That's not going to work because I'm going to keep doing this and asking you questions.  And I will win, so you should just raise your hand.

(after someone answered the 3 branches of government correctly)

GenProf:  Good job.  Did you go to 7th grade?

(on ways of dealing with unfair laws)

Student 1: I could choose to ignore it.

GenProf: We could visit you in jail.  But as your lawyer, I would advise against it.