After finishing their class work today, one of my students (who I shall call M) was showing her male classmate (who we’ll clepe K) a game on her phone (or mp3 player, or whatever — all those devices seem to blur into one another nowadays).
M: “There’s this sticky ball, and you roll it around and pick up all kinds of stuff. First you get things like candy and floor tiles, but later you can end up picking up people and other big stuff.”
Me: “There you go, K, a sure-fire way to pick up women!”
M: “What? He can’t pick up women now. His thingie is waaaay too small.”
This was almost immediately followed by a minor cry of anguish as she realized what she said, and everyone laughed. K seemed to be too engrossed in the game to pay any attention, which was probably just as well.