On 2010.06.30 11:08, Toxis@ze_yvil_place wrote:
> 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:
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> Proctor: I beg your pardon?
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> Student: Sir, I request that you bring me Cakes and Ale.
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> Proctor: Sorry, no.
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> Student: Sir, I really must insist. I request and require that you bring me Cakes and Ale.
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> 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):
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> ``Gentlemen sitting examinations may request and require Cakes and Ale.''
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> Pepsi and hamburgers were judged the modern equivalent, and the student sat there, writing his examination and happily slurping away.
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> Three weeks later the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.
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>
liux :)