Originally Posted by kimpossible

well the only situation i can think of was when i was having a quiz in my ASL class and the teacher was signing short sentences that we were supposed to translate from ASL to english and write down in english word order.

she intended to sign "vacuum the floor" but instead, she said "vacuum the children". a few of us writing the quiz noticed her mistake and started laughing. it took a moment for her to register what she'd just signed. well, i guess you had to be there! but it's an inside joke that lasted with my ASL class for quite some time. =)