goat
16th November 2006, 03:25 PM
Two soldiers are wandering through the desert, after having become separated from their squad. They're thirsty, heat exhausted and close to collapsing. After reaching the top of a sand dune, they find stretched out before them a large, bustling marketplace. Thinking that it must be a mirage, they draw nearer, until they can hear the sounds and smell the scents, proving that it's real. Overjoyed, they run into the market, up to the first stall they find. They throw some money they have with them at the storeowner, and say "Sir, we need water. We've been wandering for days in the desert."
The shopowner looks at them sadly, and says, "I'm sorry, all we sell is bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top."
A little suprised, but not discouraged, the pair of soldiers moves on a large cart, and again ask for water. The merchant apoligises, saying "All we have are bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top. I am sorry sir."
Sighing, the soldiers continue on to another shop, where they again get the response "All we sell are bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top."
Again, they continue on, and in every store, they find that all anybody sells are bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top. Store after store, stand after stand, cart after cart, all anybody sells is bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top.
Eventually, after having asked every storeowner in the marketplace, they leave, resigned to their grim fate. As they trudge back into the desert towards their demise, one turns to the other and says "How odd that we find a bustling marketplace in the middle of this godforsaken desert, and all anyone sells is bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top."
The other guy looks back, and says, "Yes, it was a Trifle Bazaar, wasn't it?
The shopowner looks at them sadly, and says, "I'm sorry, all we sell is bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top."
A little suprised, but not discouraged, the pair of soldiers moves on a large cart, and again ask for water. The merchant apoligises, saying "All we have are bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top. I am sorry sir."
Sighing, the soldiers continue on to another shop, where they again get the response "All we sell are bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top."
Again, they continue on, and in every store, they find that all anybody sells are bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top. Store after store, stand after stand, cart after cart, all anybody sells is bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top.
Eventually, after having asked every storeowner in the marketplace, they leave, resigned to their grim fate. As they trudge back into the desert towards their demise, one turns to the other and says "How odd that we find a bustling marketplace in the middle of this godforsaken desert, and all anyone sells is bowls of fruit and jelly and custard with whipped cream and a cherry on top."
The other guy looks back, and says, "Yes, it was a Trifle Bazaar, wasn't it?