Prof Brian Cox got a D in a-level maths!

If you had actually been academia you would know that researchers tend to refer to each other as poopypants. It's part of the terminology used in physics.

Never heard it in 2 years researching in a physics department. Guess it isn't as widespread as you think.

Yes. A levels were difficult in the 80s and 90s. More difficult than the first year at university back in the day. You had to problem solve. The Internet only partially existed. Ask jeeves was the search engine and the email system was something to do with pegasus.