The Rest of the Class Wasn't Any Better

During my sophomore year of college, I took a course on the Old Testament. The professor was an old man who had gone back to grad school after he retired just because he was bored and had 18 hours of coursework that qualified him to teach the course (I guess they couldn't get anybody else). Anyway, he had this theory. He thought that when God allowed the Israelites to cross the Red Sea, He must have really just made all of the reeds grow higher and more sturdy all of a sudden, and the Israelites walked across on top of the reeds. He supported this theory by pointing to the name of the sea. Obviously, "Red Sea" and "Reed Sea" only have a one-letter difference. Hence, the sea must have been called the "Reed Sea" after the crossing, and over time, that extra "e" got dropped.

The guy was completely serious.

I got and "A" in the course.