He was joking.
He also threatens to shoot the construction workers and complains it's a pity he can't throw things at students any more.

Hang on, I hope he's joking.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 28 Mar 2011, 17:01, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Haha
no-one's thrown anything at me at university, but I had several teachers at school who were very handy with the board rubber chucking
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 28 Mar 2011, 17:02, Reply)

I just stick to sarcasm
it's remarkable how many students don't even get that. I can't really go back to throwing boardrubbers, they've taken away chalkboards from all my lecture theatres. dry markers are rubbish for throwing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 28 Mar 2011, 17:06, Reply)

They have fairly wildly differing symptoms
with the only thing in common being they were almost entirely iradicated in the western world years ago. So I hope so, too.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 28 Mar 2011, 17:05, Reply)