in addition to Dead Poet's gag...
one day, the teacher decided to show the children what their taste buds could do..
so she asked them all to put on a blindfold and asked them to taste stuff..
first, was salt.. about 90% of the children got it right..
then came some sugar.. about all got it right
vinegar was next but only about 60% got it right..
she then tried some honey.. strangely, none of them got it...
little johnny asked her for hints...
the teacher thought for a moment.. and said, "well sometimes, your mom may call your dad that..."
little johnny shouted out to the class in alarm: "it's a trap!! spit it out!!! it's an asshole!!"
but when i was attached, i used to refer to her as "dear"