I took two courses from William S. Wilson III at Queens College back in the early 1960s; an introductory English course and a course on medieval English literature. I still remember his dry sense of humor. I wound up spending my career as a college professor (something that would probably have astounded him and some of my other professors) writing about jokes and humor, and only found my way to this website while in the midst of writing yet another essay on the subject. I was remembering a question he asked one of the students in the introductory class. He asked the student–seemingly out of nowhere–“Mr. Weiss (I still remember the student’s name for some reason), what do you call two men who love each other?” Remember this was back in the 60s, and while Mr. Weiss was hemming and hawing and struggling to come up with an appropriate answer, Professor Wilson said in his very calm voice, “Christians, Mr. Weiss, Christians.” I still remember him as a young man and was thinking about him as I was penning yet another essay on the analysis and interpretation of jokes. Teaching is a difficult profession. You often do not get to see the impact you have on your students, and often the students are unaware of the impact you have had on them.