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Four Dilemmas and a Funeral

For an online literature course I wrote an essay on William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning', which I titled 'The Flaming Dilemma: A Sarty Snopes Adventure'. After submitting the essay, which included a particularly clever movie title pun relating to the short story, the teacher sent back the following message:

AIM Talk with Jesse Alkire: Olympics

Ohkeyska (12:39:25 PM): i'm watching curling
Ohkeyska (12:39:28 PM): its lame
jesseyourpalkire (12:39:59 PM): you take that back
jesseyourpalkire (12:40:11 PM): at least it involves a little bit of skill, unlike bobsledding