Latin Class
Published Nov 25, 2003
An old man walks into the University Offices and says "I'd like to enrol for a Latin course."
The Dean looks at him and asks rather coyly, "How old are you, Sir?"
"Ninety-three" is the reply.
"Then why do you want to learn Latin, at your time in life?"
"Well" the man explains "I realize I haven't got long for this world, but if I go to Heaven I'd like to be
able to speak to God and the Angels in their own language, and I'd feel more comfortable if I knew some Latin."
The Dean thinks, and then asks "But what if you don't go to Heaven but go to - you know - the other place?"
"That's alright, I can already speak French."
Originally published November 26, 2003.
