It Sure Left an Impression

Because the technology at my school is still not entirely hooked up, to give a power point presentation, I have to bring my own laptop to school. I've already done so several times, but kids tend to be oblivious to it all. As I took out my laptop recently, a student in the front row who clearly was noticing this contraption for the first time was impressed with my dirty computer.

"Is that your own computer? It's nice."
"Yup," I reply.
"Wow, that's a really nice computer."
It's not that impressive, but I thank eir nevertheless.
"Are we going to use it for something?"
I give eir a funny look and say, "Well sure... I didn't whip it out just to impress you."

Suddenly, young ears around the room perk up. On the other side of the room, someone asks, "Did you just say, 'I didn't whip it out just to impress you'?" Immediately, everyone is in hysterics because, you know, if you didn't know I was making that comment about my computer, it could be a reference to my penis, OMG LOL ROTFLMAO HAHAHAHA!

Ever since, this line has become my class' favorite quote. Two days later, a student entered the classroom and asked, "Do you remember when you said you didn't whip it out to impress us?" During a lesson, a student raises eir hand; when I call on em, ey says, "I didn't whip it out just to impress you!" and enlivens the class again. Cleaning up at the end of the day, I find a piece of paper crumpled up on the floor that has nothing but the same quote written in big letters.

Sigh. If you're a teacher, and you say something that can be construed as a sexual comment, prepare to hear it repeated for weeks to come.