From lerner@sscf.ucsb.edu Sat Dec 16 10:36:31 1995
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From: lerner@sscf.ucsb.edu (Gene Lerner)
Subject: Probably 'old hat' but no morris content
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I'm sure this must be have made the rounds, but I haven't seen it before
and so I pass it on.

Gene

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>I recently heard a story regarding exams at Cambridge.
>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 (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 the student was fined five pounds
>  for not wearing a sword to the examination.