<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/011853.html">I Used to Have Them Backwards, but I Was Dead Wrong</a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 47402 -->Professor: What words do we get from the name Aphrodite?<br/>Student #1: Hermaphrodite.<br/>Professor: Yes -- from the union of Aphrodite and Hermes. What else?<br/>Student #2: Aphrodisiac!<br/>Professor: Good! And what is an aphrodisiac?<br/>Students: [Silence.]<br/>Professor: Are you all Victorians? Come on... What's it called when one uses something to arouse sexual appetite?<br/>Student #3: Necrophiliac! [Class laughs.]<br/>Professor: I have to advise you to invest in a dictionary, as it's simply prudent to know the difference between a necrophiliac and an aphrodisiac. Hopefully, you won't ever need to thank me for that.<br/><br/>--NYU<br/><br/>Overheard by: Cairo<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Sep 27, 2007