This cartoon by Matt from The Daily Telegraph relates to news that unfit police will face pay cut under plans to rid service of fat officers. Read more >>
A woman asks a policeman for the time. He replies, "It's a quarter to elevenses".
EXPLANATION
Elevenses is a short break when you have a cup of tea or coffee, and sometimes biscuits, at around eleven o'clock in the morning. The joke is that the policeman is thinking about his next snack, which is why he says "a quarter to elevenses" rather than "a quarter to eleven".
TELLING THE TIME
• How to tell time in English (About.com)
• What's the Time in English (English Grammar 4U Online)
• Telling the Time (Teaching English)
