Comment Re:So he was clever enough ... (Score 1) 547
In college, one of the EE professors recounted a story about a frantic call he got the day before a test. The student said he had been in a bad car accident, was calling from the hospital, and asked if he could take the test next week. The professor assured him that, of course, this would be no problem, but noted the test was not in fact tomorrow, but the same day next week. The student cursed and hung up the phone.
I always thought that the student should have been smarter and played it cool, "Oh thank God! I was so worried." etc and then the professor would have been none the wiser. But I guess if he was smarter, he wouldn't need to avoid taking the test...