01/16/26 Grif.Net - Respect

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Jan 16, 2026, 11:41:23 AM (3 days ago) Jan 16

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When teaching a variety of courses in college I quizzed: “When I say, ‘I am the best looking professor’, am I using past, present, or future tense?”

Class responds in unison: “Past tense.”

Then I added: “And if I say, ‘I am also the most humble professor you know’, what figure of speech am I using?”

On this the class is almost evenly divided. Half say “exageration” and the rest say “hyperbole”.

I get no respect.

Dr Bob Griffin

“From all harm safe in His sheltering arms
I'm living by faith and feel no alarm.”