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Formals!!!

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Reply 20
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mfb3000
ShadowCatz
It's not just drinks that you can penny you know!

Ah, the wonders of trifle!
Reply 21
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Kyle_S-C
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Pennying rules vary widely...according to our rules it's possible for me to have my coffee, wine, icy water and profiteroles pennied simultaneously. Plus there's a 5p thing about having to eat desserts without cutlery which seems much less ridiculous after you've had your drink pennied a few times.
Oh God that cheese thing sounds bad! I wouldn't want to eat a big lump of cheese! Talk about sore tummy.
thefish_uk
I've heard of people swallowing pennies but only when really, really drunk. It's quite scary how you put in a dirty penny, and after it's been in wine for a few minutes it comes out perfectly clean and shiny.

I haven't heard of the verbal pennying (it sounds really rather lame) but I once went to a Girton formal where they are super-strict on pennying, so we just put "imaginary" pennies in each other's drinks - ie. made a penny dropping motion without the penny. Got funny looks from the supervisors as we caught their attention with the movement but when they tried to look closer they saw no pennying had been done after all!


Haha, that sounds amusing. "Imaginary" pennies... Someone DID penny me I'm telling you...
Reply 24
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super_qi2
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Haha, how do you protect yourself from a imaginary penny?
Reply 25
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ShadowCatz
In Catz you don't have to down it. It's just a sip.

Of course, there's the SPOON OF DOOM!!!
Reply 26
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If i do one notable thing in my time at Cambridge, i want it to be breaking the no-pennying-Stephen-Hawking rule...
3232
If i do one notable thing in my time at Cambridge, i want it to be breaking the no-pennying-Stephen-Hawking rule...
Haha, that would be brilliant.

On the subject of drinking games, is a formal the sort of place where one could partake in a boat race? It seems so fitting.
Reply 28
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ShadowCatz
ad absurdum
On the subject of drinking games, is a formal the sort of place where one could partake in a boat race? It seems so fitting.


What? You're in hall when you're at formal.
ad absurdum
Haha, that would be brilliant.

On the subject of drinking games, is a formal the sort of place where one could partake in a boat race? It seems so fitting.


You COULD, but it would probably be frowned upon.

HOWEVER, some colleges have Small Hall and other such events, which are basically private formals for a birthday party or whatever. They get a lot more raucous. Of course, you could always Boat Race at a boat club dinner if you were a member!
tony_ron
My sister through a 50 euro-cents piece down my throat when we were on holiday when I was 14, and that was rather painful. Caused havoc at customs too.

:toofunny:
ShadowCatz
What? You're in hall when you're at formal.
Not a literal boat race - it's a drinking game (which invariably brings alot of attention towards itself).

FadeToBlackout
You COULD, but it would probably be frowned upon.
Righto. Probably not a good idea.

FadeToBlackout
HOWEVER, some colleges have Small Hall and other such events, which are basically private formals for a birthday party or whatever. They get a lot more raucous. Of course, you could always Boat Race at a boat club dinner if you were a member!
Sounds good :biggrin: What sort of standard do you have to be to join the boat club?
Reply 32
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ShadowCatz
ad absurdum
Sounds good :biggrin: What sort of standard do you have to be to join the boat club?


Pull on the the handle roughly in time.
ShadowCatz
Pull on the the handle roughly in time.


Blimey, Catz' standards are high for the novice rowers! :p:
Reply 34
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Visiting_Babylon
lol - Tony! I thought the exact same thing. You don't swallow 'em, you take them out beforehand :p:


But it's half the fun if you don't swallow :eek:
Reply 35
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coldfish
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Christ, do you ever say anything that's not somehow related to sex?
Reply 36
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JHutcher
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I had a jug of water pennied once... wasn't great fun.

You'll find that all formals have different rituals and rules. Some have bells, some have gongs, some have benches some chairs, some are nice some are ugly (catz for example), most have grace, Jesus has a funny clapping thing when the fellows leave and a reponse as well. You'll learn to love it.
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mfb3000
3232
If i do one notable thing in my time at Cambridge, i want it to be breaking the no-pennying-Stephen-Hawking rule...

Didn't a couple of Homerton undergrads get sent down for this (or so the story goes...)?
ShadowCatz
In Catz you don't have to down it. It's just a sip.

Boring!

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In Catz you don't have to down it. It's just a sip.
Boring!


Do you go to the same catz as the rest of us?? Of course you have to down it?! What's all this sipping nonsense...?!
Reply 39
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ShadowCatz
groovy_moose
Do you go to the same catz as the rest of us?? Of course you have to down it?! What's all this sipping nonsense...?!


It's two fingers. I mention again the spoon of doom for downing it.

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