Partial credit?

24 January 2022: "Would you accept 'a shoe stepping on a lizard?'" --one of my students today, trying to get partial quiz credit for a quiz question about Montresor's coat of arms in "The Cask of Amontillado."

Why is that so funny? Sometimes it's hard to say why, but we laughed ourselves silly for a bit. And a good class overall. 

When my mind is on other things, the two hours in the classroom today were just the sweetest and best. Also helping: the women's basketball game this evening. (They won.)