The Cambridge Chat Thread

alex_hk90

There aren't many Economics people on here, and I don't think I've met any of them, no. :frown:

Next meet, you will come. No excuses. :smile:

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FadedJade

15

Just a quick hello again, I'm still ill, hope everyone's ok.

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Zoedotdot

18

ukebert

Gowny link

Ooooh, how interesting :smile:

I just found this:

Strictly, Christ's could be included in 'sleeve decoration' in addition, but is placed here for easy comparison with Emmanuel. Both colleges' gowns include box pleating, which is found useful by many undergraduates for the temporary concealment of pennies.

That's the best bit about our gowns! Penny pockets! Except not so great when you smoothly grab a penny out of your penny pocket and drop it into someone's glass in one swift motion, only to discover that it was actually a 5p you dropped and you now have to suffer downing your Sainsbury's basics white :frown:

Craghyrax

Usually only about one plate with crumbs on it a day. Its silly to leave it there when I'm doing mine - she wouldn't move it, and messy kitchens annoy me.

On my floor we all do each other's washing up, probably because four of the five of us have become really close and we know that if someone's stuff is in the gyp room but isn't washed up, chances are they're having some kind of essay crisis/don't have time because of other things keeping them busy, and we all just help each other out. It seems silly if someone else's washing up is there and you have time on your hands to just do your own and leave theirs, but then I guess if I wasn't such good friends with them I might not bot bother.

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alex_hk90

19

ukebert

Next meet, you will come. No excuses. :smile:

We'll see. :smile:

Nina

Just a quick hello again, I'm still ill, hope everyone's ok.

Hi. Hope you get better soon. :console:

Zoedotdot

That's the best bit about our gowns! Penny pockets! Except not so great when you smoothly grab a penny out of your penny pocket and drop it into someone's glass in one swift motion, only to discover that it was actually a 5p you dropped and you now have to suffer downing your Sainsbury's basics white :frown:

When it comes to cheap wine, I've found that it's actually more pleasant to down it than to drink it properly. :p:

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Zoedotdot

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alex_hk90

When it comes to cheap wine, I've found that it's actually more pleasant to down it than to drink it properly. :p:

Neither is ideal :p:

I've consumed such vast quantities of the stuff this term that I'm amazed I'm still intact. I find it very very unpleasant to down because you get a horrible sicky burn at the back of your mouth, but I don't think downing any wine is especially great. And it does get it over with quickly :rolleyes:

Reply 3167

The first one to penny me will get my water chucked in their face :dry:

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alex_hk90

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Zoedotdot

Neither is ideal :p:

I've consumed such vast quantities of the stuff this term that I'm amazed I'm still intact. I find it very very unpleasant to down because you get a horrible sicky burn at the back of your mouth, but I don't think downing any wine is especially great. And it does get it over with quickly :rolleyes:

I get that sickly feeling at the back of my mouth when not downing it. :yep:

ukebert

The first one to penny me will get my water chucked in their face :dry:

That sounds like fun. :biggrin:

Reply 3169

OP

ukebert

Dear me, I would never do anything like that :p:

I swear some of the dirty cups had been in my gyp for most of term. Most bizarre thing was a half empty bottle of wine with a spoon stuck in the top that was put in the fridge in fresher's week and never taken out...

Yeh... the irritation that would cause is far greater than the mild impracticality of washing one or two more things alongside my own.
This is why I prefer college accommodation to living arrangements elsewhere. Halls in some places are about 12 to a kitchen, and then in second and third year, if you're stuck in a house with two or three messy people, you're screwed.

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OP

K.T.

Call me naive, but I had expected university students to be more careful with their things/more respectful of communial living space *shrug*

Not in England.

Zoedotdot

It seems silly if someone else's washing up is there and you have time on your hands to just do your own and leave theirs, but then I guess if I wasn't such good friends with them I might not bot bother.

I agree. If it was a huge, awful mess I wouldn't do it. I'd knock on the person's room and ask them to come and sort it out. Especially if there wasn't any clean or clear workspace for me to use when I needed to. Usually its not too much trouble to do it myself. And its only one girl who leaves her stuff and never talks to us. The other housemate using my kitchen is really lovely and returns the favour when he washes stuff up.

ukebert

The first one to penny me will get my water chucked in their face :dry:

My usual response is to fish out the penny, plunk it into the owner's glass and tell them that the Queen can drown. I once gave my wine glass to a passing servant/waiter.

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Thicky

Craghyrax

Not in England.

I agree. If it was a huge, awful mess I wouldn't do it. I'd knock on the person's room and ask them to come and sort it out. Especially if there wasn't any clean or clear workspace for me to use when I needed to. Usually its not too much trouble to do it myself. And its only one girl who leaves her stuff and never talks to us. The other housemate using my kitchen is really lovely and returns the favour when he washes stuff up.
My usual response is to fish out the penny, plunk it into the owner's glass and tell them that the Queen can drown. I once gave my wine glass to a passing servant/waiter.

To sum up: England sucks and the Queen can die. :p:

Reply 3172

OP

Thicky

To sum up: England sucks and the Queen can die. :p:

Well, she's going to die anyway at some point :p:

And no, England doesn't suck, but I won't pretend to appreciate all of its peculiarities.

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Craghyrax

Well, she's going to die anyway at some point :p:

And no, England doesn't suck, but I won't pretend to appreciate all of its peculiarities.

True, although I do appreciate more than most :p:

Yeah, a lot of the fuss over the Royal Family is completely comprehensible, including the Royal Toast.

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ukebert

True, although I do appreciate more than most :p:

I don't think you do. You enjoy 'tradition' in the mostly artificial sense, which is foreign to the everyday lives of the ordinary english inhabitant. By mentioning peculiarities, I was referring to trends in behaviour and lifestyle that are specific to contemporary English residents.

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Apagg

I wouldn't say not doing the washing up and being rude is an English thing...

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Craghyrax

I don't think you do. You enjoy 'tradition' in the mostly artificial sense, which is foreign to the everyday lives of the ordinary english inhabitant. By mentioning peculiarities, I was referring to trends in behaviour and lifestyle that are specific to contemporary English residents.

Ah I see. Well, I enjoy the peculiarities inasmuch as they give me something to moan about.

And Tradition is not always artificial :hmmm:

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OP