In article <S920.4d84@clarinet.com> you write:
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>(This one was forwarded to me by my friend Bryan, who got it from his
>friend Cliff.)
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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:
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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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