Durham General Chat Thread

Out of interest, did anyone else see the awesome flood yesterday?

a) No, people won't equate maths with that. Firstly the majority of people will probably not realise that they do maths, and secondly the position of treasurer really really doesn't have anything to do with what they do in a maths degree.

b) This is the only point of yours that I agree with - and it's true, the way to get elected into a position is to get out there and know everyone. And whilst on one hand it's bloody annoying, it actually works both ways - there are those people who EVERYONE knows and they know everyone else - but everyone dislikes them. It's a shame to say, but yes - it is about knowing people but then again, if people don't know you, they can't be expected to just trust you with an Exec Position from you saying so.

c) Again I think you're wrong. Lads are lads...but only around other lads. Elections are confidential, and when they actually get to the computer they'll actually take it seriously, to an extent, and so you'll have a chance there. There have been plenty of elections where guys and girls have gone for the same position and me and my male mates have been like "He's a loser, no way am I voting for him". Same gender does NOT equal preference (In fact, you have some assets that will sway the lads to your side )

d) Those who don't read manifestos, tend not to vote. Don't worry about that.

e) Oh. There was no e.

Good luck anyway!

It's only the idiots who look down on the locals. As a rule they're lovely, and the teenagers are just the same as teenagers in any city. I had one middle aged guy come up to me the other day in the train station apologising for all the swearing that his drunk friends were doing
Talk more about the flood - I want to know!

On a weekend night (Fri/Sat) walking through town can actually be scary. Some drunk guys tried to nick my bike late on a Saturday night when I was on my way home... They aren't all THAT lovely...

And the next week (I tend to walk back home from rehearsals on Sat atm) my friend and I were coming back to mine, bought some chips at bimbis. Some filthy skank then shouts:

"****ing hell, you bought chips!? You're already a fat ****!!"

I swiftly turned round and pointed out that she was jealous because she couldn't afford to eat.

Seriously... there ARE some genuinely scrotal individuals living in Durham... but I think you probably get them everywhere. People always have chips on their shoulder

I feel it would be better to remove the student/local tag and just say that drunk people are *****.

Some workmen dug a hole outside the union building and burst a water main; the water flowed all the way down to by hatfield