I recently heard some funny stories about how people managed to flunk their exams because of flimsy reasons.
A final year student was taking ophthalmology exams(viva).The examiner was a well-known terror.He asked the student to spell out the word 'ophthalmology'.The poor fellow spelt it-'opthalmology'.The examiner asked him if he was sure about the spelling and the student quite confidently replied in the affirmative.The gentleman got really pissed off that he did not know the right spelling and failed him.
There was another professor who used to fail students if their walk seemed too arrogant to him.If the students had prepared well and were confident,they were flushed down the drain.
A student who was taking his final year clinical exams noticed that the examiner was wearing a beautiful saree and could not take his eyes off her.The lady happened to notice the gleam in his eye and promptly failed him!
