Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Will you eat it, if it is in a dish?

If it has got four legs
And it is not a chair
Will you eat it?
Americans will eat it

If it has got two wings
And it flies
But is not an aeroplane,
Will you eat it?
British will eat it it
If it swims 
And it is not a submarine,
Will you eat it?
Africans will eat it

It has no legs
And wiggles
But not a stick
Or a broom stick
Will you eat it?
Yes the Chinese will eat it
Like noodles


But poor
Cantonese
Or an Indian
Or a  Bangladeshi
Cook
Has to cook it
Before it is dished out
In a royal plate


It looks as if
Even a modern 
Buddhist of Colombo
Or a Buddhist monk
From Anuradhapura
Would not say
No
If it is dished out
Not in royal
But
At a Presidential Buffet
In Colombo

Modified from Prince Phillip's
Uttering in Royal Language