High Glucose

"High Glucose"*

*In a university biology class, the professor was
discussing the high glucose levels found in se-men.
A female freshman raised her hand and asked,
"If I understand, you're saying there is a lot of
glucose, as in sugar, in se-men?"

"That's correct," responded the professor, going
on to add statistical info.

Raising her hand again, she asked, "Then why
doesn't it taste sweet?"

After a stunned silence, the whole class burst out
laughing. The poor girl's face turned bright red and,
as she realized exactly what she had inadvertently
said (or rather implied), she picked up her things
without a word and walked out of class, never to return.

However, as she was going out the door, the
professor's reply was classic. Totally straight-faced
he answered her question, "It doesn't taste sweet
because the taste buds for sweetness are on the
tip of your tongue and not the back of your throat."
Received on Thu Apr 16 06:46:02 2009