Snoop and Watson had just enjoyed an excellent meal (chips in a basket) in their favourite restaurant (the Goat and Compasses). Having partaken liberally, not to say magnificently, of beers, wines and spirits with their gourmet fare (or fayre, as the establishment had it), they decided to round off the occasion with a cup of black coffee each.
"I say, Snoop," said Watson when Snoop, after stirring it, began to sip his coffee with the air of one unused to enjoying such sobering refreshments, "isn't that a pair of bluebottles in your cup?"
Snoop spluttered, discharging a fine mist of coffee into various parts of the neighbourhood. "Not a pair, Watson," he then pronounced, "but a single - not to say singularly large specimen of bluebottlia restauratis. Waiter!"
Snoop explained the situation to the waiter and (having got through the obligatory rigmarole about everyone wanting one) his cup was removed and a new one brought, minus fly.
It was definitely a different cup, and certainly free of fauna, but on taking a sip, Snoop spluttered again. "Pah!" he said, "this is the same coffee I had before - only the cup has been changed!"
"How do you know?" asked Watson, "is it cold?"
"It doesn't seem any colder than it was before," replied Snoop, "but it's definitely the same coffee."
"How can you be so sure?" Watson goggled, "after all, cheap coffee's cheap coffee."
"Ah, but there is one thing you've forgotten..." began Snoop.
What had Watson forgotten, and how could Snoop be so sure it was the same coffee in a different cup?
Question
Guest
Can you find the explanation for the following?
Snoop and Watson had just enjoyed an excellent meal (chips in a basket) in their favourite restaurant (the Goat and Compasses). Having partaken liberally, not to say magnificently, of beers, wines and spirits with their gourmet fare (or fayre, as the establishment had it), they decided to round off the occasion with a cup of black coffee each.
"I say, Snoop," said Watson when Snoop, after stirring it, began to sip his coffee with the air of one unused to enjoying such sobering refreshments, "isn't that a pair of bluebottles in your cup?"
Snoop spluttered, discharging a fine mist of coffee into various parts of the neighbourhood. "Not a pair, Watson," he then pronounced, "but a single - not to say singularly large specimen of bluebottlia restauratis. Waiter!"
Snoop explained the situation to the waiter and (having got through the obligatory rigmarole about everyone wanting one) his cup was removed and a new one brought, minus fly.
It was definitely a different cup, and certainly free of fauna, but on taking a sip, Snoop spluttered again. "Pah!" he said, "this is the same coffee I had before - only the cup has been changed!"
"How do you know?" asked Watson, "is it cold?"
"It doesn't seem any colder than it was before," replied Snoop, "but it's definitely the same coffee."
"How can you be so sure?" Watson goggled, "after all, cheap coffee's cheap coffee."
"Ah, but there is one thing you've forgotten..." began Snoop.
What had Watson forgotten, and how could Snoop be so sure it was the same coffee in a different cup?
Link to comment
Share on other sites
7 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.