The Odd One Out
Track of the day - Brother Can You Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby.
This is part of the flyer that versatile chainsaw man pushed through the door last Friday.
His chainsaw buzzed away like a dentist's drill from about 10:00 in the morning until 5:30 in the afternoon. Almost had me screaming.
I notice he chose to put an apostrophe in the word patios. It was probably to annoy me.
I used to drink with a guy who taught history. He came in the bar one night and told us that he'd just finished putting together his very first exam paper. He seemed to think that being trusted to create an exam paper for eleven year olds proved that he was well on the way to climbing to the top of the education tree.
He asked us if we would like to see his exam paper and pulled it out of his back pocket anyway, without waiting for an answer. Typical teacher.
The first question didn't make much sense but read as follows,
1. Choose the odd one out from the following:
a) Greek's
b) Romans
c) Saxon's
d) Norman's.
"That's easy," one of the guys said, "it's got to be Romans. It's the only one without an apostrophe."
I remember that Romans was the wrong answer but at least he he never brought another of his test papers along to the bar. I don't know whether he ever managed to climb to the top of the education tree.
Perhaps he changed directions mid career and started pruning trees, erecting cotswold stone fences and cleaning patio's.
Cotswold stone fences? Sounds like it could well be the same guy.
This is part of the flyer that versatile chainsaw man pushed through the door last Friday.
His chainsaw buzzed away like a dentist's drill from about 10:00 in the morning until 5:30 in the afternoon. Almost had me screaming.
I notice he chose to put an apostrophe in the word patios. It was probably to annoy me.
I used to drink with a guy who taught history. He came in the bar one night and told us that he'd just finished putting together his very first exam paper. He seemed to think that being trusted to create an exam paper for eleven year olds proved that he was well on the way to climbing to the top of the education tree.
He asked us if we would like to see his exam paper and pulled it out of his back pocket anyway, without waiting for an answer. Typical teacher.
The first question didn't make much sense but read as follows,
1. Choose the odd one out from the following:
a) Greek's
b) Romans
c) Saxon's
d) Norman's.
"That's easy," one of the guys said, "it's got to be Romans. It's the only one without an apostrophe."
I remember that Romans was the wrong answer but at least he he never brought another of his test papers along to the bar. I don't know whether he ever managed to climb to the top of the education tree.
Perhaps he changed directions mid career and started pruning trees, erecting cotswold stone fences and cleaning patio's.
Cotswold stone fences? Sounds like it could well be the same guy.
Posted by Milt at 9:22:00 pm
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