You have not yet met
the Professor who shall be nameless
but he has a mischievous sense of humour.
He sends me a link to
the Learning at Work Day homepage.
He knows that I will be entertained
by the list of prizewinners of the
'Name the Fruit and Vegetable' Competition.
The Professor who shall be nameless
does not mention that
a Very August Colleague
is a prizewinner.
As luck would have it,
the Very August Colleague
is the next person to come into my office.
I congratulate the Very August Colleague
on this extraordinary achievement.
He glows with pride.
I got 33 out of 40.
I am amazed.
Not everyone can identify a Mangosteen, you know.
I am impressed.
I thought it was VERY unfair
that I was expected to know it was a Medjool Date.
I just wrote Date.
I am sympathetic.
I didn't recognize the Dragon Fruit
but who would?
I would!
I say.
He looks doubtful.
He is, after all,
a widely travelled,
highly respected,
senior Professor
who gets letters published in the Guardian.
If he doesn't recognise a Dragon Fruit,
it is unlikely that I will.
But it is true.
I would recognise a Dragon Fruit.
*****
Later, MrsM recounts the story to MissM.
She looks slightly mystified.
Why did he win?
What did he call it?
Oh! I SEE ...
I thought it was 'NAME the Fruit and Veg...'
like 'Billy-Bob...the Carrot'
MrsM realises that she may have to
sharpen her act before
she gives up the day job.
the Professor who shall be nameless
but he has a mischievous sense of humour.
He sends me a link to
the Learning at Work Day homepage.
He knows that I will be entertained
by the list of prizewinners of the
'Name the Fruit and Vegetable' Competition.
The Professor who shall be nameless
does not mention that
a Very August Colleague
is a prizewinner.
As luck would have it,
the Very August Colleague
is the next person to come into my office.
I congratulate the Very August Colleague
on this extraordinary achievement.
He glows with pride.
I got 33 out of 40.
I am amazed.
Not everyone can identify a Mangosteen, you know.
I am impressed.
I thought it was VERY unfair
that I was expected to know it was a Medjool Date.
I just wrote Date.
I am sympathetic.
I didn't recognize the Dragon Fruit
but who would?
I would!
I say.
He looks doubtful.
He is, after all,
a widely travelled,
highly respected,
senior Professor
who gets letters published in the Guardian.
If he doesn't recognise a Dragon Fruit,
it is unlikely that I will.
But it is true.
I would recognise a Dragon Fruit.
*****
Later, MrsM recounts the story to MissM.
She looks slightly mystified.
Why did he win?
What did he call it?
Oh! I SEE ...
I thought it was 'NAME the Fruit and Veg...'
like 'Billy-Bob...the Carrot'
MrsM realises that she may have to
sharpen her act before
she gives up the day job.
10 comments:
One can see how that might happen.
Steve the Dragonfruit.
I reckon I could give him a run for his money...when I opened your post, I thought 'ooh, a dragonfruit!'. But sadly, not 'ah, Derek the Dragonfruit!'
Why would he not recognise the Dragonfruit? Perhaps his ivory tower does not face a S.E. Asian direction?
Looks very feminine to me... Davina the Dragonfruit?
Drusilla ?
Perhaps someone could come up a complete alphabet - does anyone remember Annie Apple ?
I recognised the dragonfruit, but being the mother of small children I would probably name it simply "Dragonfruit" - after all, the car is called "Car", the red bunny is called "Red Bunny" etc
Tall Small saw it and said "I like dragonfruit!" I have no idea where she has seen one, let alone eaten one.
sometimes I despair of MissM. How many times has she been told that it is Billy-Bob the Beetroot which translates well into French as MrsM, my betterave ;-)
David the Dragonfruit
Good grief!
You should send him to sporcle...
Also, I am not entirely sure i would recognise a dragonfruit, so if that was one at the start of the post I could be in trouble...
xxx
That is a quiz I would like to enter.
Perhaps it is Eric, like the halibut.
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