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Originally Posted by Varley
I understood 'hilarious' and 'mildly amusing' to be metric. Surely this joke is imperial.
A little titter did run round the Peel Courthouse when the defending advocate challenged me as to whether I drank when I responded 'I presume you mean alcohol'? after, continuing with 'Vast quantities, Sir' (to High Bailiff Williamson - I know it should have been 'your Worship' before I am pulled up for that).
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Indeed, the great A P Herbert wrote a story about it in his series of Misleading Cases. He called it, "The Day the Circus Came to Peel"