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vocab_drabblesTitle: 'Stupid Word Problems'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 137
Characters/Pairings: Original
Warnings: None
Summary: "Say that Pedro has fifteen quarts of cherries."
"Okay. I have a question for you."
"Lay it on me."
"Say that Pedro has fifteen quarts of cherries."
"Who's Pedro? Ohhh, no. Don't tell me this is gonna turn out to be one of those stupid word problems from math class? I was so glad to finally escape from those when I graduated years ago!"
"Yes, it is, and just bear with me."
"Fine. I resent this, but let's hear the rest. Pedro and his fifteen quarts of cherries."
"And Michael gives him seven bunches of bananas. Meanwhile, Susan has just bought eighteen oranges, and gives those to Pedro. What does that give you? What answer can you extrapolate from the available data? What will Pedro end up with?"
"One heck of an enormous fruit salad."
"That's as good an answer as I guess it gets."
Fandom: Original Fiction
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: G
Word Count: 137
Characters/Pairings: Original
Warnings: None
Summary: "Say that Pedro has fifteen quarts of cherries."
"Okay. I have a question for you."
"Lay it on me."
"Say that Pedro has fifteen quarts of cherries."
"Who's Pedro? Ohhh, no. Don't tell me this is gonna turn out to be one of those stupid word problems from math class? I was so glad to finally escape from those when I graduated years ago!"
"Yes, it is, and just bear with me."
"Fine. I resent this, but let's hear the rest. Pedro and his fifteen quarts of cherries."
"And Michael gives him seven bunches of bananas. Meanwhile, Susan has just bought eighteen oranges, and gives those to Pedro. What does that give you? What answer can you extrapolate from the available data? What will Pedro end up with?"
"One heck of an enormous fruit salad."
"That's as good an answer as I guess it gets."
