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Could all conversation please come to a halt? And could the the suicide attempts wait until next period?

— Mr. Hall · Clueless

A brass handbell stands beside crumpled white paper and a piece of chalk on dark olive ground.
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The speaker asks for conversation to stop, then extends the request to suicide attempts waiting until the next period. That startling mismatch gives classroom scheduling an absurd reach. Read as dark comedy, the line treats a grave subject with deliberately inadequate administrative language.

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