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	Cakes and Ale?

Twilyght Zone

11-27-2007 1:48 PM

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cakes, ale, college, exams

Twilyght Zone says:

Whether true or not, it is amusing.

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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:
<P>
<I>Proctor:</I> I beg your pardon?
</P><P>
<I>Student:</I> Sir, I request that you bring me Cakes and Ale.
</P><P>
<I>Proctor:</I> Sorry, no.
</P><P>
<I>Student:</I> Sir, I really must insist.  I request and require that you
          bring me Cakes and Ale.
</P><P>
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):
</P><BLOCKQUOTE>
"Gentlemen sitting examinations may request and require Cakes and
 Ale".
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Pepsi and hamburgers were judged the modern equivalent, and the
student sat there, writing his examination and happily slurping away.
<P>
Three weeks later the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a
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