Successful Cambridge Applicants Chat - 2006

drsmeeth

i bought a fancy dress costume. teehee. it's awesome.

is this for freshers' week or just for kicks? our pub crawl on the tuesday's army themed. woot!

Reply 6823

Mr. Jim

is this for freshers' week or just for kicks? our pub crawl on the tuesday's army themed. woot!

Seems Caius does that every year - I've seen a load of photos of one of my friends there with camouflage paint on his face in a load of different pubs.

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JohnStuartMill

Seems Caius does that every year - I've seen a load of photos of one of my friends there with camouflage paint on his face in a load of different pubs.

haha minto! i'll have to go and get some stuff for it like, despite the many different fancy dress costumes i've worn over the years none of them have been army-based. lol

Reply 6825

I have made a startling revelaton about Medics. They should also be Mechanics. Here is why:

Okay, them there doctor people take that Hippocratic Oath. Now, I don't know that much about Greek, but what I do know is this: Hippo is the Greek for Horse and Kratos is the Greek for strength or power (as in democracy - power of the people). Therefore Hippocratic = Horsepower. This is how the power of car engines is measured or something. Therefore Medics = Mechanics.

Any medics out there know how to fix my car?

(Before someone points out that the Hippocratic Oath is from Hippocrates the name of the 4th century BC physician who is alleged to have started it, I am aware of this. I just think my explanation is soooooooooo much better).

Reply 6826

What set that off? Has your car broken down? Pain. Another reason to hate driving! :p:

Random Greek related question - who was it who got hit by a tortoise dropped by an eagle?

Reply 6827

greek playwriter Aeschylus

Reply 6828

*playwright. appalling

Reply 6829

That's the one! thank you. I was trying to convince a friend that that really happened and it didn't help that I couldn't remember his name!

Reply 6830

haha I think I first read it in one of those Horrible Histories books

Reply 6831

Horrible Histories are great! Though the higher I studied history the more annoying the chatty bits about 'what a wierdo' or 'your teacher blah blah' became! :p:

Reply 6832

Liz150888

we have a greek themed night during freshers' week at girton....ill need to try and fashion myself a toga....

i'm vvv amused by any adverts i see for snakes on a plane...but i know fine well id jump watching it anyway!

Reply 6833

Just get an old white sheet. Simple. Snakes on a Plane is hilariously bad.

Reply 6834

ooooooohhhhhh toga parties... i'm kinda hoping there're gonna be a lot of fancy dress parties this year :redface:

Reply 6835

I have never been to a fancy dress party :redface:

I want to wear a toga! :p:

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sarahliz12345

I have never been to a fancy dress party :redface:

I want to wear a toga! :p:

that's criminal. i've only been to a few, but they were the great :p:

Reply 6837

Mr. Jim

that's criminal. i've only been to a few, but they were the great :p:

I'll expect plenty of invites then! :p:

Reply 6838

Last one I went to was a P party. I was going to be original and go as Pepto bismol, but I hate wearing pink.

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