Sometimes funny moments come when you least expect them.  Sometimes they occur in the last couple minutes of your Visual Literacy class.  That's what happened this week.

We were supposed to look at an object, view it in a different way, and present our ideas.  Most everyone had gone when a girl stepped forward holding a pepper.  Side note... in almost every class period, this girl has been eating a large cucumber or pepper.  So when she presented, she started by saying "As many of you may have noticed... I really liked vegetables."  We all nodded.  We've noticed.

She continued, "I have made it my personal goal to eat as many vegetables as possible." I would say she is succeeding. "I decided that vegetables represent life.  So that's why I brought this pepper.  I decided that this pepper represents a uterus."  Yes everyone, a uterus.  That caught everyone's attention and we all looked to see if she was serious.  She was.

It got even more surprising when we realized that there was more than to the object.  She surprised us all by saying, "Last night, my roommate and I filled the pepper with red jello... And put a baby in it. I haven't opened it since last night so I don't know what it looks like, but I am going to open it now." The whole class stared in amazement and disgust as she proceeded to break open the pepper and red jello poured out.  Because of the visual she had given us, it was gross.  There is no other way to describe it.  And sure enough, there was a plastic baby doll, covered in red jello.

We didn't know whether to laugh or barf.  So we laughed.  It honestly was so funny!  It was very unexpected in a Visual Literacy class (actually, probably any class).  But we all thought it was hilarious, and props to the girl for having so much confidence and creativity.

But I don't know if I will ever look at peppers in the same way again!