bananas?
Cutting sarcastic putdown used by a maths teacher, when a pupil answers a question without stating the units.
TEACHER: "what's the volume of a cube with sides of 2cm each?"
PUPIL: "eight"
TEACHER: "eight what? bananas?"
Pupils would often fall out of their chairs and asphyxiate with laughter.
written by pe*er*tast*, approved by Log

Also accepted as an inherently funny thing, like bananas are, are elephants. Hence "Eight what? Elephants?"
Reminiscent of that stage of mental development when simply saying "mango" was funny.
written by Ch*rlie *ebb, approved by Log

A further alternative was:
Pupil : Sixteen
Mr. MacPherson : You nit!
Pupil : Sorry, sir - sixteen Joules
Here, the amusing similarity between 'unit' (the missing unit of measurement) and the ludicrously mild term of abuse 'You Nit' assured hilarity. *cough* As did said Mr. MacPherson's habit of calling Richard Williams 'Willy Bums'.
written by Ji* Ai*ken, approved by Log

Also "Dustbin Lids."
written by Jo*n *he*tham, disapproved by Phil

Our A level physics. Ours went "Elephants per square Cauliflower"
written by an*nymo*s us*r, disapproved by Log

following on from that units story, it chokes me to remember that mr taylor our i.t. teacher even bothered to make the gag about being "de bugger" (the debugger). what a wally, eh?
written by pe*er t*ste, disapproved by Susan

following on from that units story, it chokes me to remember that mr taylor our i.t. teacher even bothered to make a gag about being "de bugger" (the debugger). what a nerd, eh?
written by pe*er ta*te, disapproved by Log

it chokes me to remember that mr taylor our i.t. teacher even bothered to make a gag about being "de bugger" (the debugger). what a nerd, eh?
written by pe*er*ta*te, disapproved by Phil

Our Maths teacher Mr Batchelor's comedy units were "Pigs". eg "10 what? Pigs?". Try imagining it in a Bolton accent. Or maybe you had to be there.
written by Pe*er *ir*an, disapproved by Log

In a similar vein:
"Miss, can I see the headmaster?"
"No, you can't because there's a wall in the way. Did you mean MAY I see the headmaster?"
In the end it was easier to just say "Miss? Fuck off." because it got you to see the headmaster more quickly.
written by Iv*n Vas*il*vich, disapproved by Ponky

oh god, I just laughed out loud at the word mango
written by excluded pupil, deleted by Phil

oh god I just laughed out loud for about five minutes at the word mango
written by excluded pupil, deleted by Phil

You left off the xenith-like follow-up statement of "Units! I need Units, boy!" which became so well established that our maths teacher, Mr Burns, became simply known as 'Unit' - Hmmm, sorry, perhaps you had to be there.
written by Jo*eph*Farro*, deleted by Log

Charlie Webb implies that he has passed through the stage where saying 'mango' is funny. Pragmatically thiks statement suggests that Mango ism no longer a funny thing to say. What is wrong with you you humourless twat? Think you're better than us do you you fucking gay Alevel tryhard homogirl!
written by an*nym*us us*r, deleted by Phil

i still think that saying the word "mango" is funny.
written by be*ca p*et, deleted by Log

The suitable response to "...what, bananas?" is actually "Oh, piss off." followed by walking out of the classroom.
This was only done once, by Clive Wood (the surprisingly popular, camp, class eccentric) We were in year 11, the teacher should have known better.
written by jo* jam*s, deleted by Log