CAKESALE

CAKESALE

The story goes that one day during an examination at Cambridge University,
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 (rough translation from the Latin):

"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 though, the student was fined five pounds for not wearing
a sword to the examination.
--
Mike Andrews
udsd007@dsibm.okladot.state.ok.us
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