Summary
I was helping my roommate make non-Newtonian fluid when I accidentally answered a phone call.
“…How long will it take to go soft?”
The person on the other end fell silent for a few seconds before answering through gritted teeth, “At least half an hour!”
“Well, that’s below the standard level,” I replied offhandedly.
The next day, news that the school bully was ‘substandard’ hit the Confession Wall.
Soon after, the man in question caught me, holding me with one hand while clutching a stopwatch in the other.
His voice was strained and full of grievance as he asked, “What exactly is your standard? I can last!”