Instructor: "I have a pine cone here. What is this pinecone made of?"
Random Student: "Historians maintain that it was discovered by Norweign scientists in 1836. It was used by..."
Instructor: Ok, I'm gonna stop you there. Not only was that information wrong, it also didn't answer my question."
A Colonel who was walking down the hall stuck his head in and said,
"That sounds like a polititians answer."
And disapeared.
Eventually the instructor got the answer he was looking for.
(Carbon and chemical structures.)
Other Student: "But sir, people perfer the polititians answer."
That is the sad truth