Cough-a-teria

Category: Humour

Years ago, when I was working at Bell Canada, I was in line in the Bell cafeteria. In front of me was a man advancing towards the cash register.

The lady serving lunch that day was a sweet woman who always giggled nervously at anything anyone said. As I was eyeing the lunch fare I couldn't help but notice that the vegetable of the day was spinach. I thought this was unusual for a cafeteria where one is used to a fairly bland fare of peas and carrots.

I said to the lady "Oh! I see you have spinach today". To which, unsure how to respond to my comment, she responded by fidgeting and giggling. Then I said "I guess you weren't expecting 'The Spinach Inquisition!'".

Suddenly, coming from the man next to me, I hear a low guttural 'hungh!' of pain.

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Note: The story was inspired by a Monthy Python episode entitled ‘The Spanish Inquisition’.