That’s How You Truly Earn Your Blackbelt

Coworker: *continuing from a conversation about martial arts* “Perhaps you should look into going to some classes. Karate, for example, if you don’t mind getting thrown down a lot. Plus it’s usually just once or twice a week.”

Me: *mishearing the “plus it’s usually” part* “Prostitution, or once or twice a week?”

Coworker: “What?”

(She explains and we both start laughing.)

Me: “What, you’ve never heard of the time-honoured custom of prostitution in karate?”