Subject: Cakes and Ale
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 02:23:57 EDT
"Cakes and Ale"
Here is a true story someone found regarding
exams at Cambridge University. It seems that
during an examination one day a bright young
student popped up and asked the proctor to bring
him Cakes and Ale. The following dialog ensued:
Proctor: I beg your pardon?
Student: Sir, I request that you bring me Cakes
and Ale.
Proctor: Sorry, no.
Student: Sir, I really must insist. I request and
require that you bring me Cakes and Ale.
At this point, the student produced a copy of the
four hundred year old Laws of Cambridge, written
in Latin and still nominally in effect, and pointed to
the section which read (roughly translated):
"Gentlemen sitting examinations may request and
require Cakes and Ale."
Pepsi and hamburgers were judged the modern
equivalent, and the student sat there, writing his
examination and happily slurping away.
Three weeks later, the student was fined five
pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.
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"Zoology Exam"
A young college student had stayed up all night
studying for his zoology test the next day. As he
entered the classroom, he saw ten stands with
ten birds on them. Each bird had a sack over its
head; only the legs were showing. He sat straight
in the front row because he wanted to do the best
job possible. The professor announced that the
test would be to look at each of the birds' legs and
give the common name, habitat, genus and species.
The student looked at each of the birds' legs. They
all looked the same to him. He began to get upset.
He had stayed up all night studying and now had
to identify birds by their legs. The more he thought
about it the madder he got.
Finally he could stand it no longer. He went up to
the professor's desk and said, "What a stupid test!
How could anyone tell the difference between birds
by looking at their legs?" With that the student threw
his test on the professor's desk and walked to the
door.
The professor was surprised. The class was so
big that he didn't know every student's name so
as the student reached the door the professor
called, "Mister, what's your name?"
The enraged student pulled up his pant legs and
said, "You tell me buddy! You tell me!"
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