I Believe In Cheeses

(Student #1, Student #2, and I have arrived early for our linguistics class. Our conversation started out on the subject of math, but has somehow strayed rather far off topic.)

Student #1: *as the professor walks in* “…and they all put aside their differences and work together.” *to Professor* “We’re talking about cheese.”

Professor: “What kind of cheese?”

Student #2: “The kind that has a civil war, apparently.”

Professor: “What?”

Student #2: “The kind that has a civil war, I said.”

Professor: “I don’t get it.”

Student #1: “Yeah, the mold and the cheese have a civil war, and then these are the cheeses and molds generations later when they have to put aside their differences and work together.”

Student #2: “And they discover the true meaning of being cheese.”

Professor: “…I still don’t get it, but I’m going to pretend I do so we can start class.”