Back in my school days , we had a class mate nick named – Columbus . I do not recall now as to how he got this name but I vividly remember a very hilarious incident during our examination on the subject – English Language – Stories from Shakespeare .
Columbus did not believe in spending his precious time in reading Shakespeare or any such things and therefore resorted to his usual practice of carrying DAP [ specially cut paper] with answers scribbled on them for all possible questions that may come in the examination.
In the instant case , he did not want to leave a chance in missing any questions and therefore devised a very ingenious method for the purpose [ suspense at this stage] . The invigilator in the examination hall [ who knew Columbus and his tricks well] kept a vigil over him when the examination started . Sure enough , he found Columbus taking a small DAP sheet out of his inner pocket , confronted him immediately and caught him red hand .
To Columbus’s great discomfort and to the amusement of all present in the hall , the DAP turned out to be an index sheet with location in his body of all the papers he kept for the purpose . The invigilator with a sense of humor called out the titles one by one – character of Iago in left shirt pocket , dilemma of Hamlet in the trouser inner flap and so on – and retrieved all the material which were quite a few and covering all the possible questions in the paper !!
A great ART not worth copying !