Yes, apricots are quite a delicious new idea for a summer soup ingredient. You can have Armenian Soup with lentils, parsley, cumin and apricots plus lemon juice & vegetable stock, whilst you may be more familiar with Apricot Chicken soup for extra flavour. 

Waiter! There is an osprey in my soup!

Well, madame, what did you expect when you turned up your nose and said that the menu's offerings were for the birds?

Waiter, there's a spy in my soup!

No, it isn't an electronic bug in your seafood chowder, that might worry you. It is a Balmain Bug, a mollusc & a local delicacy, carefully farmed for your delectation and which I hope you will enjoy. 

Waiter! There is a huge bill for a hospital stay in my soup!  

Our apologies, madame! We keep kicking them out of the restaurant but the bill collectors sneak in anyhow.

Waiter, there's an unicorn hair in my soup!

Ah yes, madam, we put those in for good luck: sleep with it under your pillow and you may wake in Narnia.

Waiter, there's a shopping list in my soup!

So that is where the cook's shopping list went to!?  Our apologies, & your dessert of deep-fried vanilla ice-cream, with caramel or chocolate sauce will now be on the house.

Waiter! There is a nugget of gold in my soup! 

Oh dear, the chef must have misunderstood when we asked him to put 24 carrots in it.

Waiter, there's a garden gnome in my soup! 

Oh, it is only a small ornamental garden gnome, that must have been picked up as a novelty, when the cook was selecting fresh vegetables to use in preparing your home-made vegetable soup. As well as a fresh bowl of soup, you might like to keep the ornament for your children to admire.

Waiter! There is someone's tax return in my soup!

Our apologies, madame - we've told the staff not to work on their tax returns in the kitchen and yet...

Waiter, there's a reindeer in my soup!

Hey! This place in the world, is nowhere near Northern Scandinavia or the North Pole, so how could a live reindeer get anywhere near here, outside of a zoo? Oh yes, it is only a reindeer Christmas decoration that must have broken loose from the "Santa in his sleigh" decorations over the front desk & elsewhere in this dining room. I'm sorry that it landed in your soup, so I'll get another bowl of soup for you, instead.

Waiter! There is Christmas wrapping paper enclosing my soup! 

Yes, the soup was a Christmas present to you. Sorry, the gift tag has disappeared so we don't know who it's from.

Waiter! There's a theatre ticket in my soup!

Oh, Lucky you! Are you aware that the unconditional theatre ticket that got into your soup, is for a musical entitled Lord of the Rings which opens at Sydney's State Theatre on 7th January, 2025? Now that is something I'd love to see, myself. Keep it when you could get to use it on your way home to these parts. Someone must have noted your interest in Tolkien's work.

Waiter! There is a whole string of Jumping Jacks in my soup! I thought private fireworks were illegal in these parts of the world. 

Ah, but we have a special licence straight from the Australian Government to wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Waiter, there's a lump of coal in my soup! 

A true Scottish first footer, I see! A piece of coal brought to the house by the first visitor on Hogmanay is supposed to bring the residents luck, especially if the visitor is a dark-complexioned man. Happy New Year, to you, also.

Waiter! There are several Christmas tree baubles in my soup!

Sorry, ma'am, they must have fallen in as we were taking down our Christmas decorations.

Waiter! There's a dragon's claw in my soup! 

Posted by: @waggawerewolf27

A true Scottish first footer, I see! A piece of coal brought to the house by the first visitor on Hogmanay is supposed to bring the residents luck, especially if the visitor is a dark-complexioned man. Happy New Year, to you, also.

I was hoping someone with Scottish connections would "get" it.   Happy New Year to you too!