So one day renowned lecturer of european history, advanced in his years yet embittered by his failures on the job market, and having thusly turned to Marxism, gets far too drunk on sunday, decides to skip lecture on monday, gets far too drunk again, powers through on tuesday, but ends lecture early to go vomit.
A few days later the dean comes to his office and asks what happened, how could he be skipping work without warning and cutting lectures short!
The professor, pulling from his deep knowledge of the mechanics of history, patiently explains to the dean that this weekend actually had a unique periodization; due to the artificality of the temporal imposition of the typical weekend, the dialectical conditions of this particular weekend had in fact overrun its bounds, and required until sometime within the supposed 'work week' to be resolved.
Okay, the dean says, and what about ending your lecture early?
The professor nods in erudition and says, You see, that was a crisis in the base of the material relations of my body leading to a rapid collapse. One might call it a 'short work day'
The dean pauses for a moment and thinks. He looks back up and says, well, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to clear our your desk.
You're firing me?!?! the professor asks
No, the dean says, your material conditions have simply led you to a short employment!
