Me: Hey, I don't care what it is you're eating--you need to get rid of it.
Student, with wide-eyed incredulity: But it's a candy pumpkin!
I honestly think she wanted me to respond with, "Oh! A candy pumpkin! Well, now that changes everything! If it was just plain old candy corn, that would be a problem. But a pumpkin! Have at it! In fact, CANDY PUMPKINS FOR EVERYONE! HUZZAH!"
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