1.
I once traded an EtchASketch for an interview.
I asked, "of what?" He said, "surprise me" and so I started.
And I should have stopped. I should have stopped. But I kept going. Because
Hobbes-->Calvin-->Reformation-->Oxford (Univ.)=>Oxford (like the shoe).
Because that was the obvious direction to go. Clever.
No, Aztec Camera, it's not obvious.
No, we cannot all be reformation theologians.
2.
The first time I heard of Barnase I thought about "The Blob".
Lethal functionality... Indescribable... Indestructible! All around spooky.
And I thought, what a terrifying thing--
no wonder there are so many barn-raisings in Pennsylvania...
the Amish must just follow it around as it catalyzes the destruction of barn after barn
...
If I had just stopped at, "BLAMMO! Barnase!"
Take that SwissProt!
Maybe you would have been like "...Dork." instead of trying to grasp that something that eats barns would Munch Wood....
The real lesson?
If you have to explain it, it's not funny.