These two sure know how to use their time wisely. The other riders in this car were either passed out or quietly twiddling their thumbs. But, these two? They were quizzing each other on STD’s.

Rest assured, they were nursing students, not randomly obnoxious people.

I figured I’d write about their academic efforts, because so many people were caught off guard by my casual mention of syphilis two days ago. The disease, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, begins initially as a sore, but when left untreated, infection can spread throughout the body and damage many organs. It can even cause death. In short: syphilis blows hardcore. And because reported cases of the disease are on the rise, do protect yourself.

The two students weren’t actually discussing syphilis. They were talking about chlamydia, but now I’ve fulfilled any moral obligation any of you may have thought I had. Or, something.

The real reason I want to write about this observation o’ mine is because the elderly lady next to me was aghast when she heard the words “skin of the penis.” Honestly, it was pretty funny. She gasped, her loose jowls flopping, and she clasped her bag so tightly that I thought her knuckles were going to burst through her paper skin.

As the old crow left the train, she did a triple-take, completely alarmed by the entire situation.

I don’t think she ever realized these two were students; she probably couldn’t hear them well enough. Just “penis,” a word as loud as thunder, even when whispered, to degenerating grandmothers everywhere.

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