Why are you a dunce Silly Boy <\/p>\n
Discuss<\/p>\n
Dunce the term was derived from the 13th-century Scottish philosopher John Duns Scotus <\/p>\n
His later followers (Cambridge Students) resisted the new Renaissance learning<\/p>\n
Causing 16th-century critics to use his name as an insult for a foolish people <\/p>\n
Or for people who come from Preston and its surrounding towns <\/p>\n
This practice has continued to the present day<\/p>\n
This led to the old school practice of making a Cambridge Student<\/p>\n
Wear a cone-shaped dunce cap<\/p>\n
As a form of public shaming<\/p>\n
I hated your essay Silly Boy <\/p>\n
Thank you Sir <\/p>\n
I have given you a Z Minus <\/p>\n
I am so happy Mr Lecturer <\/p>\n
Silly Boy does your thickness not worry you <\/p>\n
You are by far the thickest undergraduate at Cambridge <\/p>\n
What is it like to be so thick <\/p>\n
I look on it as a privilege a real privilege Sir <\/p>\n
Explain yourself child <\/p>\n
I am forty-three on my next birthday<\/p>\n
Your personal details indicate that you are twenty-seven <\/p>\n
All pop stars die at twenty-seven Sir <\/p>\n
Therefore even though I have had some hit records <\/p>\n
I am only nineteen and am unlikely to die at twenty-seven <\/p>\n
Your point Silly Boy <\/p>\n
No Sir I always cross my legs like this <\/p>\n
Please continue <\/p>\n
When people call me thick I take it as a great compliment <\/p>\n
As brick walls are often thick<\/p>\n
Yet they are valued for their stability and strength <\/p>\n
In all my years at Oxford <\/p>\n
Cambridge Sir <\/p>\n
In all my years at Cambridge<\/p>\n
I have never received such a logical answer <\/p>\n
Your Sir deserve to share breakfast with Wittgenstein<\/p>\n
But he is now sadly dead Sir <\/p>\n
God does your brain know no limits Silly Boy <\/p>\n
Are you slightly in love with me Sir<\/p>\n
Yes Silly Boy are you x <\/p>\n
No Sir far from it<\/p>\n
But may I have the great philosophers breakfast <\/p>\n
As he has no need for it now <\/p>\n
It might be a trifle stale and cold Silly Boy<\/p>\n
As he passed away seventy-five years ago <\/p>\n
That is of no consequence Sir<\/p>\n
As I often eat in Greggs <\/p>\n
Will you marry me Silly Boy <\/p>\n
Perhaps but I would rather live in Sin <\/p>\n
I have a terraced house in Eye <\/p>\n
That is quite near Sin <\/p>\n
Would you settle for That <\/p>\n
No I am quite happy <\/p>\n
With your little house in Eye <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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