In the eleventh century MP3 players were extremely rare. There were only two and they were both owned by the king, his royal highness King Merlin Pervert III.
It was a rudimentary system that was made of spider’s silk and bark. It only contained 4kb of internal storage. This was only enough for the first three seconds of Tiger Feet by Mud. The king was furious as it was his favourite song and wanted to hear all of it. He knew the dance and everything.
His curtailed musical experience resulted in a long, bloody war against the French. They had ‘la ípod’ – which had a 256Mb hard drive – a stunning achievement for the times. King Merlin wanted it for himself. The greedy little bugger.
Anyway, this is where we get the phrase ‘I’d like some salt, please’ from.
i like that phrase but I always use it out of context, y’know, like agricultural shows or in court.
There’s no right or wrong to the phrase’s usage, despite what the etiquette Nazis would have you believe.
It’s was actually heavily used in the pre-war judicial system, so you’re fully vindicated in your court usage.