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Reply 80

epitome

Lidka

I'll probably be squabbling with Duck and Cover by the time dessert comes...

That's a rather hopeful estimation. Let's get the main served first...

P.S. Newnham/Clare formal next term?

Reply 81

city_chic

Lidka

Right then, the pool! Who's good at swimming? :biggrin:

I'm not

Reply 82

[mellifluous]

yay i am, but only when there's water involved....

Reply 83

epitome

Lidka

Right then, the pool! Who's good at swimming?

That is what is commonly known as "cruelty", you hard-hearted harridan.

Reply 84

Lidka

epitome

That's a rather hopeful estimation. Let's get the main served first...

P.S. Newnham/Clare formal next term?

to you.

Clare! :biggrin:

You haven't been round to see me yet! I keep having to make the huuuuge trek all the way across the Sidgwick site-with-no-e to see you... And do bring the girls. :smile:

Ahem. So, pooling...

city_chic

I'm not

How about a life-jacket... ? :biggrin:

Hm, I may be stretching this metaphor a bit, not sure what a life-jacket would consistute in this sense. :hmmmm:

epitome

That is what is commonly known as "cruelty", you hard-hearted harridan.

I was just asking! :angel:

Alright then guys, don't worry, you are all statistically unlikely to be pooled so don't worry about it. You will all be fine - relax, stop thinking about it, and go play with your Christmas presents. :smile:

Better?

Reply 85

excellent_em

yay i am, but only when there's water involved....

How about the tears of laughter in an Admissions Tutor's eyes?

Reply 86

epitome

3232

How about the tears of laughter in an Admissions Tutor's eyes?

*laughs in disbelief*
Guys, enough already! Eeeeeevil, that's what you both are. Eeeevil!

Reply 87

city_chic

Lidka

Ahem. So, pooling...

How about a life-jacket... ? :biggrin:

Hm, I may be stretching this metaphor a bit, not sure what a life-jacket would consistute in this sense. :hmmmm:

I was just asking! :angel:

Better?

Hm, what would it be? Ah, let's just face it; if I'm pooled then I'm screwed :biggrin:

I severely doubt I'll be getting an outright offer, so it's either an outright rejection, or the dreaded pool... hm, fun fun fun.

Ah, if only I was 10 again and had presents that I could actually play with :rolleyes:

Reply 88

epitome

Lidka

Clare! You haven't been round to see me yet! I keep having to make the huuuuge trek all the way across the Sidgwick site-with-no-e to see you... And do bring the girls.

Okay, done.
Though your "do bring the girls" comment makes you sound like a lecherous old man.

Reply 89

Lidka

epitome

*laughs in disbelief*
Guys, enough already! Eeeeeevil, that's what you both are. Eeeevil!

Okay, done.
Though your "do bring the girls" comment makes you sound like a lecherous old man.

Aw, come on, even applicants have senses of humour too... right? :frown:

I assert that that second statement is in your mind, and your mind only. I couldn't face spelling their names, to be honest - damn these international students! :p:

city_chic

Hm, what would it be? Ah, let's just face it; if I'm pooled then I'm screwed :biggrin:

You mean you didn't ask Santa for fun presents? :eek:

They make Christmas and waiting for scary letters so much better. ;yes; Though admittedly this year I requested a water filter (for horrible Cambridge water), a book chair (for the crap desks), and a washing hanger thing (to stop my washing igniting itself on my radiators). As you can see, Cambridge life really is not that glamorous... dash those illusions now! :p:

Seriously, I know it's stressful, waiting. I was on edge this time last year, despite epitome's laudable attempts to calm me down. But it's all out of your hands, so don't fret about it unecessarily - even stay away from TSR. Radical suggestion, I know. :p:

Reply 90

At least you can study in your room, my room isn't big enough. I literally cannot sit at my desk because I can't pull the chair out, the bed is in the way. Have to go to the library. And the water's fine in my college, I had a filter all term and didn't use it once.

Reply 91

mwiko

Lidka

I assert that that second statement is in your mind, and your mind only.

Sadly I did have a mental image of you [well not you, but someone] in a smoking jacket.. with a pipe...

Reply 92

Lidka

3232

Well, Clare accommodation is obscenely huge for first years. :redface:

I visited a friend of mine (also a fresher) at Fitz, at the beginning of term, and his room, like yours, was TINY. He's a tall lad and wasn't too happy! I wouldn't mind the water, except it makes tea taste horrible. And I need a decent cuppa in the morning. :p:

mwiko

Sadly I did have a mental image of you [well not you, but someone] in a smoking jacket.. with a pipe...

I am not remotely like that in any way whatsoever. My clothes come from Oxfam or the petite section of M&S and I can't stand smoke. :p:

I also evidently have a very clean mind compared to you lot. :p:

Reply 93

Lidka

Well, Clare accommodation is obscenely huge for first years. :redface:

He's not blonde and with a Scottish-sounding first name perchance?

Reply 94

Lidka

3232

He's not blonde and with a Scottish-sounding first name perchance?

Er, no - he's very Jewish and very gay. I know nobody of that description!

Reply 95

Oooh, never met the guy but fairly sure I've seen him. Does he live on the middle floor?

Reply 96

Oh and I went for the blonde guy because you said he was tall with a small room. There are only two blocks with tiny rooms and I just picked the tallest guy who lives in them. :p:

Reply 97

Lidka

3232

Oh and I went for the blonde guy because you said he was tall with a small room. There are only two blocks with tiny rooms and I just picked the tallest guy who lives in them. :p:

Can't remember if it's the middle floor, but it's definitely not the ground one! :p:

And that's a logical reason to pick a guy as any, I suppose!

Reply 98

city_chic

I love the fact that Clare's rooms (well, the one I stayed in anyway) have sinks inside the wardrobes :biggrin:

Reply 99

They aren't all like that. The one I had just had a sink in the room itself.

And Lidka, I think I live on the floor above that guy. Are his initials JT?