The Cambridge Chat Thread - it's over 90,000!

From my room I can always hear the noise from outside Spoons/Revs on Saturday nights. I can't quite believe it, but I'm currently listening to the sixth rendition of Wonderwall of the night. I can't work out whether this is a particularly militant group of Oasis fans who have been wandering around drunk for the last three and a half hours, or whether people literally don't sing anything else when drunk.

Anyone have any opinions on wearing a black suit with a bow tie to May balls? I'm extremely averse to buying/renting a tuxedo...

And does the word tuxedo annoy anyone else? In Britain it's a DJ!

And the satin stripe on the trousers. Most people won't notice I wouldn't think.

I've known people to do it. Tbh, I knew a guy went to a ball without a bow tie even(the horror!)
And does the word tuxedo annoy anyone else? In Britain it's a DJ!

Could be worse, it could be a Frack, or even un esmoquin (=smoking). Tux(edo) to me still sounds vaguely suave and sophisticated, whereas DJ makes me think of those keyboards at school where you could make it go "DJ DJ DJ DJ DIC- DIC- DIC- DICTIONARY."

Could be worse, it could be a Frack, or even un esmoquin (=smoking). Tux(edo) to me still sounds vaguely suave and sophisticated, whereas DJ makes me think of those keyboards at school where you could make it go "DJ DJ DJ DJ DIC- DIC- DIC- DICTIONARY."

Seriously, what? I feel like I've missed out on something big.

Could be worse, it could be a Frack, or even un esmoquin (=smoking). Tux(edo) to me still sounds vaguely suave and sophisticated, whereas DJ makes me think of those keyboards at school where you could make it go "DJ DJ DJ DJ DIC- DIC- DIC- DICTIONARY."

(33 seconds in for "DIC-DIC-DICTIONARY".)

Clearly I spent too much of music trying to play the keyboard rather than mess around!

I almost sent a text saying "naked up" rather than "backed up" yesterday.

Played Family Fortunes today (with question cards rather than on TV). Haven't quite got the hang of it. Things that you bring to a party include beer, wine, drinks and alcohol, while things that you might find in a garden shed other than tools include rakes, wheelbarrows and lawnmowers, yet somehow insulation wasn't on the list of housewarming gifts...

So tempted to giving up right now. The last week has been unpleasant and Tuesday week never seemed so far away. In danger of failing my masters. Don't want to be here.

It might seem far away now but you are so nearly there. You haven't wanted to be here for the majority of the past four years but you have stuck with it at every turn and you owe it to yourself to see it through to the end. I know what it feels like to have no motivation going into the last stretch - really, I do - but I categorically refuse to allow you to give up (and obviously my refusal is key here). In a few weeks the whole experience will be over, you'll have your degree, which you will get with or without the masters, and it won't matter anymore and you will be free to throw yourself out into the waters of the world and not do any of this **** anymore. Just try to do enough to get through the masters because, as I said, I really think you owe it to yourself to do it. It's going to feel great when it's all finally over.

So tempted to giving up right now. The last week has been unpleasant and Tuesday week never seemed so far away. In danger of failing my masters. Don't want to be here.