Ooo how fun. Not only would the lesson prove to be something more advanced that could provide a nice challenge as stated by Professor Adara, but the first question was a bit of the opposite while still being equally as fun of a task; telling a joke. Cause who didn't love a good joke?
Certainly not Archie. He considered himself to be a bit of a jester or class clown to a certain extent of the word/phrase. While the lad certainly was no comedian, nor had any real plans to be one, he still did know a good setup followed by an even better punchline. For that was the key to good comedy and joke-telling, timing. Jokes couldn't just be a long-winded story to close with a one-word, be-all-end-all catchphrase. However, they also couldn't be the reverse of that; a non-descript opener with a long punchline. Listening to what all was being told currently, the jokes would get some chuckles out of Archibold for they were good and showed that they could also have a vast amount of depth to them. Sloane's was something more dry and a bit sarcastic, which, the O'Brien personally loved that kind. Then there was Kion's who gave a classic, one-two-punch kinda joke following what's considered to be a normal 'joke format'.
So, with those two in mind, Archie would go a different route, further showcasing the plethora of ways one can go about doing so. Hand raised, the Slytherin would speak up. "There's a very fine line between a numerator and a denominator..." The Scottish accent would start to fade off. While the joke was all said right then and there, he still wanted to add more to it. "I'm willing to bet only a fraction of people will understand that joke." Maths, in general, was something of a funny subject to him, so why not make it out to be a literal funny subject since the moment called for it.
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