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"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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I'm trying to remember but it was 3 years ago and I was on my way back from Kosovo (were were going through RAF Mildenhall) so as soon as we made it back to civilization my friends and I proceeded to get totally blitzed.Originally posted by Drogue
Which ones? I haven't been up there that much, and some inside info would be nice
I can remember one of my friends not being allowed into one of the clubs because he was wearing jeans which rarely happens in the US (but is becoming more common). I can getting a taxi and having him drop us off on the main drag and then stopping at a couple of pubs from some food & drinks (Samuel Smith's is
) and then we ended up in a really big two story club where you had to go in through the back door and everyone was dancing to trace music. I was drinking Scotch on the rocks so I don't remember to much more.
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A Tolkien class?Originally posted by MacTBone
I'm taking a Middle Earth class
Or did you mean Middle English?If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.Comment
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"Class there will be a test on monday about the geneology of Frodo and the entire Baggins clan."
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"Sorry I'm late, I overslept".
"Ah ah ah, in Elvish"."Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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Oy!! I resent that...Originally posted by Starchild
Flee! Quickly! Before the legions of Pimms&Lemonade drinking blazer wearers get you!
I think I look rather fetching in my white blazer with black/gold/cambridge blue trim, and the club insignia on my pocket. And luckily for me, so do the girls...
Boatie cocktail parties kick arse 
As for Oxford, depending on your usual interests and what college you're at, you might want to try your hand at rowing. I am coaching a bunch of US summer students for a couple of weeks in a weeks time in Cambridge (not sure where they're from yet), seems like that happens every year.Comment
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Well Oxford's clubs are sh*t...the only one perhaps worthy of consideration is The Zodiac on Cowley Road.Originally posted by lightblue
Oy!! I resent that...
I think I look rather fetching in my white blazer with black/gold/cambridge blue trim, and the club insignia on my pocket. And luckily for me, so do the girls... Boatie cocktail parties kick arse
As for Oxford, depending on your usual interests and what college you're at, you might want to try your hand at rowing. I am coaching a bunch of US summer students for a couple of weeks in a weeks time in Cambridge (not sure where they're from yet), seems like that happens every year.
That blazer thing...ewwww...do you wear rugby tops and college trackie bottoms as well?
Speaking of Erith:
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Um, how about taking the oppurtunity to read their world famous dictionary?
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NopeOriginally posted by Provost Harrison
That blazer thing...ewwww...do you wear rugby tops and college trackie bottoms as well?
Longsleeved T shirts though... And got the cufflinks, bowtie and tie in team colors. Yeah I know...
It is all part of the boatie culture though, just look at the Stewards Enclosure at Henley this weekend.Comment
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I had noticed the 'boatie culture' and the rugby one...quite repulsive reallyOriginally posted by lightblue
Nope Longsleeved T shirts though... And got the cufflinks, bowtie and tie in team colors. Yeah I know...
It is all part of the boatie culture though, just look at the Stewards Enclosure at Henley this weekend.
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As well as what Drogue said, check out:
There's a pub in Walton St called 'The Jericho'. You need student ID to buy one of their 'Yellow Cards' (cost 1 pound). Every Thursday night they have "Pound a Pint" night and the yellow card lets you buy pints for a pound (there may be other special offers too). It can be pretty crowded.Comment
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I had noticed the 'boatie culture' and the rugby one...quite repulsive really
Once again, I resent that!! Boaties != ruggerbuggers. For a start female rowers >>> female rugby players, which in turn makes the socials a lot more fun
I admit a lot of boaties adhere to a certain stereotype (tall, athletic, upper middle class, loud, hard drinking). We play hard and we party hard. It takes a certain kind of person to get up at 5.30am 5 times a week to train before breakfast, and the shared pain forms quite tightknit groups across colleges and clubs. This also means it is fairly hard for "outsiders" to get in if they haven't rowed much.
In a way I suppose the boatie/rugby/hockey/cricket culture in Oxbridge is similar to certain fraternities at US colleges.
Anyway, rowing and boatiehood has made an enormous positive change in my life over the last year in terms of both physical fitness (2" off my waist, down to 9% body fat whilst only losing about 2kgs), my self confidence and in the acquisition of a number of people i can see being friends for life. I'd recommend it to anyone who asks me my opinion of it (although to get above a certain level a certain physical build is required).Last edited by lightblue; July 2, 2003, 14:49.Comment
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