Original ID : 1075 Created On : 2003-01-02 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
Cutting sarcastic putdown used by a maths teacher, when a pupil answers a question without stating the units.
TEACHER: “what’s the volume of a cube with sides of 2cm each?”
PUPIL: “eight”
TEACHER: “eight what? bananas?”
Pupils would often fall out of their chairs and asphyxiate with laughter.
peter t
Also accepted as an inherently funny thing , like bananas are, are elephants. Hence “Eight what? Elephants?”
Reminiscent of that stage of mental development when simply saying “mango” was funny.
Charlie W
A further alternative was:
Pupil : Sixteen
Mr. MacPherson : You nit!
Pupil : Sorry, sir - sixteen Joules
Here, the amusing similarity between ‘unit’ (the missing unit of measurement) and the ludicrously mild term of abuse ‘You Nit’ assured hilarity. *cough* As did said Mr. MacPherson’s habit of calling Richard Williams ‘Willy Bums’.