[This is a guest post by Dan Quigley, an Associate Professor of English at New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York where he has been teaching writing, literature, speech and theater for the past 23 years. He is also currently serving as the Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. Follow him on Twitter at @danquigs.--@jbj]

Have you heard the joke about the amateur golfer challenging the club pro, asking only two “gotchas” during the round? On the first tee, as the pro was in the middle of his backswing, the amateur snuck up behind him, grabbed him in the ribs, and screamed “gotcha,” causing the pro to whiff on his swing. While the amateur never used his last “gotcha,” he easily beat the pro. Asked how this could have happened, the pro explained “I kept waiting for the next ‘gotcha.’”

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