Reverend Spooner mixed up his words. What did he intend to say if spoke of cashiers in Chinese restaurants?
Spoonerism - Cashiers in Chinese Restaurants
Reverend Spooner would often mix up letters in words when he was speaking. For example, he might say "fanned cruit" when he meant to say "canned fruit." If Reverend Spooner seems to be talking about the cashier at a Chinese restaurant, what did he intend to say?
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Problem Solution
A cashier in a Chinese restaurant might be referred to as a WOK CLERK, so Reverend Spooner was probably talking about CLOCKWORK.
CdnGhost adds the following commentary to a correct solution: A wok is seasoned through the repeated use soy oil (my personal favourite) worked into the beaten iron surface with a bamboo brush (roughly 100 thin strips of bamboo basket-woven on the diagonal together at one end with a long thin bamboo strip in order to form a cylindrical "brush" which is used to clean the surface and work the hot oil into the iron). A wok is NEVER washed--merely cleeaned throughly with soy oil and a bamboo brush until it is clean. Then the entire surface (inside and out) is covered with a thin coating of soy oil to prevent oxidization and preseve the wok's interior "seasoning".
