house elephants?
do you have particularly daft and naive students?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 16:45, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

they were about 16 and a group I only teach once a week so they don't know not to fall for things I say
and I just mentioned them in passing thinking they would know it was a joke. The next week one of them pipes up "you know those house elephants you told us about last week? They aren't real, are they?" at which point a whole lot of others were pretty disappointed, too
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 16:48, Reply)

then there were the group that briefly believed
that hens didn't exist
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 16:50, Reply)

At 16 they really ought to know better.

( Kroney, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

it's surprising how young 16 year olds are
and they are all convinced they are grown up and know everything, so they are pretty easy to fool
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 16:54, Reply)