The scene is Bishoploch Primary School , Glasgow .
Teacher: 'Good morning children, today is Thursday, so we're going to
have a general knowledge quiz.
The pupil who gets the answer right can have Friday and Monday off and
not come back to school until Tuesday.'
Wee Murray thinks, 'Ya beauty! I'm pure dead brilliant at general
knowledge, so I am. This is goannae be a doddle!'
Teacher: ' Right class, who can tell me who said. ' Don't ask what
our country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?'
Wee Murray shoots up his hand, waving furiously in the air.
Teacher looking round picks Farqhuar Fauntleroy at the front.
'Yes, Farqhuar?' Farqhuar (in a very English accent): ' Yes miss,
the answer is J F Kennedy - inauguration speech 1960.'
Teacher: 'Very good Farqhuar. You may stay off Friday and Monday and
we will see you back in class on Tuesday.'
The next Thursday comes around, and Wee Murray is even more determined.
Teacher: 'Who said 'We will fight them on the beaches, we will fight
them in the air, we will fight them at sea. But we will never
surrender?' Wee Murray 's hand shoots up, arm stiff as a board,
shouting 'I know, I know. Pick me Miss, pick me Miss'.
Teacher looking round and picks Tarquin Smythe, sitting at the front:
'Yes Tarquin.'
Tarquin (in a very, very posh English accent): 'Yes miss, the answer
is Winston Churchill, 1941 Battle of Britain speech.'
Teacher: 'Very good Tarquin, you may stay off Friday and Monday and
come back to class on Tuesday.'
The following Thursday comes around and Wee Murray is hyper; he's been
studying encyclopaedias all week and he's ready for anything that
comes.
He's coiled in his chair, dribbling in anticipation.
Teacher: 'Who said 'One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?'
Wee Murray 's arm shoots straight in the air, he's standing on his
seat, jumping up and down screaming 'Pick me miss. Pick me miss. I
know, I know. Me Miss, me miss, meeeeee'.
Teacher looking round the class picks Rupert, sitting at the front.
'Yes, Rupert?' Rupert (in a frightfully, frightfully, ever so plummy
English accent):
'Miss, that was Neil Armstrong, 1969, the first moon landing.'
Teacher: 'Very good Rupert. You may stay off Friday and Monday and
come back into class on Tuesday.'
Wee Murray loses the plot altogether, tips his desk and throws his
chair at the wall. He starts screaming: 'WHERE THE F@&K DID ALL THESE
ENGLISH B@ST@RDS COME FROM?'
Teacher spins back round from the blackboard and shouts: 'Who said that?'
Wee Murray grabs his coat and bag and heads for the door, 'Robert the
Bruce, Bannockburn, 1314. See ye on Tuesday Miss!'
Teacher: 'Good morning children, today is Thursday, so we're going to
have a general knowledge quiz.
The pupil who gets the answer right can have Friday and Monday off and
not come back to school until Tuesday.'
Wee Murray thinks, 'Ya beauty! I'm pure dead brilliant at general
knowledge, so I am. This is goannae be a doddle!'
Teacher: ' Right class, who can tell me who said. ' Don't ask what
our country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?'
Wee Murray shoots up his hand, waving furiously in the air.
Teacher looking round picks Farqhuar Fauntleroy at the front.
'Yes, Farqhuar?' Farqhuar (in a very English accent): ' Yes miss,
the answer is J F Kennedy - inauguration speech 1960.'
Teacher: 'Very good Farqhuar. You may stay off Friday and Monday and
we will see you back in class on Tuesday.'
The next Thursday comes around, and Wee Murray is even more determined.
Teacher: 'Who said 'We will fight them on the beaches, we will fight
them in the air, we will fight them at sea. But we will never
surrender?' Wee Murray 's hand shoots up, arm stiff as a board,
shouting 'I know, I know. Pick me Miss, pick me Miss'.
Teacher looking round and picks Tarquin Smythe, sitting at the front:
'Yes Tarquin.'
Tarquin (in a very, very posh English accent): 'Yes miss, the answer
is Winston Churchill, 1941 Battle of Britain speech.'
Teacher: 'Very good Tarquin, you may stay off Friday and Monday and
come back to class on Tuesday.'
The following Thursday comes around and Wee Murray is hyper; he's been
studying encyclopaedias all week and he's ready for anything that
comes.
He's coiled in his chair, dribbling in anticipation.
Teacher: 'Who said 'One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?'
Wee Murray 's arm shoots straight in the air, he's standing on his
seat, jumping up and down screaming 'Pick me miss. Pick me miss. I
know, I know. Me Miss, me miss, meeeeee'.
Teacher looking round the class picks Rupert, sitting at the front.
'Yes, Rupert?' Rupert (in a frightfully, frightfully, ever so plummy
English accent):
'Miss, that was Neil Armstrong, 1969, the first moon landing.'
Teacher: 'Very good Rupert. You may stay off Friday and Monday and
come back into class on Tuesday.'
Wee Murray loses the plot altogether, tips his desk and throws his
chair at the wall. He starts screaming: 'WHERE THE F@&K DID ALL THESE
ENGLISH B@ST@RDS COME FROM?'
Teacher spins back round from the blackboard and shouts: 'Who said that?'
Wee Murray grabs his coat and bag and heads for the door, 'Robert the
Bruce, Bannockburn, 1314. See ye on Tuesday Miss!'
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