Mr Porky comedy in my humour exam

The invigilator shattered the allusion of exam seriousness in my English language and Society exam recently.

During my very important final English examination I experienced a terrible distraction caused by a Mr Porky munchy moment. The room was beautifully quiet and my thoughts were flowing nicely from brain to paper, when suddenly a very loud and annoying crunching and rustling started close by.

I was focusing on my second English exam, which required me to analysis the lingusist devices used in British humour. I was carefully considering types of humour, such as irony, puns and pure whimsical nonsense presented in a collection of jokes.

Earlier, the invigilator had laid down the law about exam procedures, including food and drinks rules. He then proceeded to eat a packet of Mr Porky's crackles 30-minutes into the exam. It sounded like he was chewing a boulder of granite and he had a distinctive look of bliss on his face as his snack attack was satisfied. I tried to stay focused for as long as possible, before I felt I had to do something.

I looked up in utter disbelief and then caught the eye of another student who raised her eyebrows and shook her head in horror. The sound was echoing around the room and all I could think of was his teeth! The other student then signalled to her nearest invigilator who then, ever so politely, whispered in the perpetrator's ear and said to him: "Put your Mr Porky snack to one side please."

The scene had reminded me of one of those British Carry On films I had grown up on in the 1970s. British humour and British people at their best, in a humour examination - Ironic! Farcical!

Mr Porky Pork scratchings are a popular crunchy salty snack often sold with a pint of beer and enjoyed down the pub. They have a special taste and are an excellent way to test the strength of your teeth due to their rock-hard, dry-baked nature.