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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
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A school
I would like to know the meaning of "without a school around"
(I think Ms Grundy Nitwit is a boys' teacher)
(I think Ms Grundy Nitwit is a boys' teacher)
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Hi First things first: the word "nitwit" is used by one boy against the other, not with reference to Ms Grundy (there is a comma after Grundy - though it's easy to miss it) The woman's name is Ms Geraldine Grundy and she seems to have been a popular character in the cartoon for a number of years On the one hand, she tries to be strict with her students; on the other hand, they admire her for that However, that means they can't understand what she would be like "without a school around her". Hence the joke, when they do see her outside of school Hope this helps to explain, Dave
- Hi First things first: the word "nitwit" is used by one boy against the other, not with reference to Ms Grundy (there is a comma after Grundy - though it's easy to miss it) The woman's name is Ms Geraldine Grundy and she seems to have been a popular character in the cartoon for a number of years On the one hand, she tries to be strict with her students; on the other hand, they admire her for that However, that means they can't understand what she would be like "without a school around her".
- Hence the joke, when they do see her outside of school Hope this helps to explain, Dave
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Hi
First things first: the word "nitwit" is used by one boy against the other, not with reference to Ms Grundy (there is a comma after Grundy - though it's easy to miss it)
The woman's name is Ms Geraldine Grundy and she seems to have been a popular character in the cartoon for a number of years
On the one hand, she tries to be strict with her students; on the other hand
First things first: the word "nitwit" is used by one boy against the other, not with reference to Ms Grundy (there is a comma after Grundy - though it's easy to miss it)
The woman's name is Ms Geraldine Grundy and she seems to have been a popular character in the cartoon for a number of years
On the one hand, she tries to be strict with her students; on the other hand
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The students never see Ms. Grundy except in school.
One of the students expresses this in a rather stupid way, thinking of it like this:
The students never see Ms. Grundy except 'with a school around her', that is, except when 'surrounded by a school'.
This student doesn't recognize Ms. Grundy when he sees her in a grocery store because he's never seen her anywhere else
One of the students expresses this in a rather stupid way, thinking of it like this:
The students never see Ms. Grundy except 'with a school around her', that is, except when 'surrounded by a school'.
This student doesn't recognize Ms. Grundy when he sees her in a grocery store because he's never seen her anywhere else
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