Ok, so here's the whole Sancia and the prawn joke.
I'm sitting next to Sancia during GP lecture by the infamously uncharismatic monotone, Larry Lee.
I'm telling her about the jumping prawn at the seafood dinner the other night (refer to previous post)
I say: Zhao dumped the live prawn into the boiling water and it was jumping and splashing hot water all over us.
Sancia: That's so painful!(for the prawn, not us.)
I say: LL suggested whacking it on the table to kill it before boiling. My sis suggested poking with a skewer.
Sancia: That's so cruel! I would rather DROWN it.
After a long pause,
Sancia: Oh no! It's SEAfood! Oh dear! Don't tell anyone.

I didn't promise of course.
Poor Sancia, so stressed that she's slipping into Brainless Bimbo territory.

Anyway, during the lecture, there was more strange behaviour exhibited by the people present. Whilst the students slept and copied notes (smart ones sleep, tree-killers take notes), Larry Lee mentioned the exciting fact that Georgie Bushie is pushing for standardised testing in the over-flexible US education system. As people slept on and continued taking notes, this nerdy guy suddenly exclaimed, " Lucky for him it's flexible, otherwise he himself wouldn't have passed." Granted it was a valid and relevant statement bordering on gospel truth, but what kind of weird psycho actually voices political sentiments in over-exciting adrenaline pumping lectures like this? We all expected Larry Lee to respond to the nerd's outburst. What we didn't expect was the way he said, " Whatever*" in his exhilarating monotone and then carried on with his droning like nothing had happened. And there I was, naively thinking the lecture was headed in an interesting new direction.

So here's my take on the incident: the nerd is caught up in election fever. Ok, so it's the US elections fever (we're in Singapore). But, hey, at least he is taking an interest in politics right? As for the GP lecturer, Larry Lee, who is always expressing his heartfelt despair over the political apathy of the student population, I think "whatever" sums up his own burning interest in politics quite well. Talk about practising what you preach. Whatever.

*The word "whatever", is one of the most apathetic, don't-giva-damn words in the English language. It implies that nothing is worthy of interest to the person expressing this view.