After it was over, she turns to me and was like, "This series is so edible!".
And, I thought she was just being expressive, and meant that it was a good popcorn movie but not much else.
Like a day later, I realized she must have meant "Oedipal".
She was also undergoing dental surgery that same day, so I wrote to tell her the story and to check in, and she wrote back:
Hi [my first name]. Thanks for your concern. The surgery went well (I'm a good patient, if there are drugs involved). My face looks a little strange today from swelling, sort of like a pixie...
What a fun colleague.
Like my one friend who teaches modern Czech lit says, in academia, people are either awful, or absolutely the best.
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