The Cambridge Chat Thread

Yep.

I got forced to go to midnight mass this year. It was an hour and a half of that with half an hour of carols before it, I almost died.

And the Holy Spirit came upon her

I was taken to a service this year where there were obviously some erm.... less mature members present. In one of the readings where they were talking about how Mary became pregnant, there was the line:



At this point someone took this to mean something quite different to what was intended and burst out into very loud laughter, and had to leave the service. Was an interesting experience.

I was there today and it does

Not until I get back.

Oh, and BTW, we need to go and visit F and admire her teapot.

I was taken to a service this year where there were obviously some erm.... less mature members present. In one of the readings where they were talking about how Mary became pregnant, there was the line:



At this point someone took this to mean something quite different to what was intended and burst out into very loud laughter, and had to leave the service. Was an interesting experience.

It wasn't you know who, was it?

Unfortunately not, but it's one of my jobs to try and get one up by the end of January.

If you are referring to one of our Papworth buddies... no, but it is exactly the sort of thing he would laugh at. I'm looking forward to 2 weeks of Obs and Gynae with him :P

I've heard about your little, errm, "competition". Shocking. truly shocking.

I've heard about your little, errm, "competition". Shocking. truly shocking.

Oh dear, I'm in a bit of a quandary. I'm applying for summer jobs at month long residential summer schools, where I'd be doing adminny stuff and planning activities and generally being a live in help. They ask for knowledge of the city, so I'm definitely applying for the one they hold in Cambridge, but there's also one in Barcelona. I'm fairly familiar with Barcelona, although obviously don't know it as well as Cambridge, but part of the reason I'd be wanting to go would be to get my spoken Spanish up to scratch. Problem is, they ask for fluency, and while my reading and writing is fluent enough, although obviously not native, my speaking is not at all good, and the selection is via phone interview. As part of my problem with speaking is nerves, the prospect of a phone interview conducted in Spanish fills me with absolute horror... So I don't know whether to just not apply. But I would like to spend the month in Barcelona. Oh dear My Spanish probably isn't good enough for the job anyway...

Apply.
Can't hurt, can it?