"Yes. Could I have a hamburger, please?"
"Ah. We've only got beefburgers here. But I could make you one from scratch."
"Make me one what?"
"Hamburger."
"Which is different from a beefburger in what way?"
"Well, we make them of ground-up ham."
"But a hamburger is a beefburger. It takes its name from the town of Hamburg in Germany. It isn't made of ham. It shouldn't be made of ham. It never has been made of ham."
(Unconvinced Five Star Hotel Night Chef.) "If you say so, sir. It's just people here complain if their hamburgers aren't made of ham. Do you want a slice of beetroot on that*?"
*this is a normal query in Australia and not at all odd.
No, beetroot on a burger sounds perfectly odd, then again, so does vegemite, which I have on good authority heard that it taste like green salty death.
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