So I was waiting for a train the other day and I decided that I had just enough time to get a coffee from the sandwich bar on the platform. I ordered a medium cappuccino and a fruity sultana scone.
The girl got the cappuccino going and was now reaching for a scone with her tongs when I asked her:
“Would I like butter with that?”
She gave me confused look as if she had misheard the question so I repeated it for her:
“Would I like butter with that?”
Then she repeated the question but only to confirm that she had heard it correctly:
“Would you like butter with that?”
“Well I don’t know,” I said. “That’s why I’m asking you.”
“Well how on earth should I know?” she replied.
“Well I don’t know,” I said. “But underneath the words ‘Fruity Sultana Scone’, it states quite clearly, ‘Just ask if you’d like butter!‘”
Please forgive me for such a bad joke.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Sabridv // Nov 7, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Don’t let it show so easily that you are an English teacher! Top of the day for you Jamie!
2 mara // Nov 7, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Just question.I revised my english with this bad joke.Thank you.
3 Concetta // Nov 9, 2008 at 1:07 am
Hi! Dear professor,
was it the foreign girl even?
According to me its mother language surely was not English-speaking. Some patience, please!
Spoiled man …
SEE U a soon
4 admin // Nov 9, 2008 at 1:38 am
Hello Concetta
Good to hear from you. You know I’m always patient.
This was not Spain. I am in london at the moment and the cafe was here. There is nothing wrong with the English, it’s just that it can be understood in two ways.
5 Maria Grazia // Nov 14, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Hello Jamie,
Why din’t you take a photo of that girl? It would be perfect for your book as a confused expression! Do you agree?
A kiss
6 Alcon // Nov 19, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Maybe it was a bad joke… but at least it was a good bad joke.
I loved it!
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