Fecking students

ride_whenever

I'm a big fan of plumbing, maybe after my D.phil at oxford I'll get corgi registered.

chuckcork

Toshmund wrote:

Would be nice if some of them would get their Corgi registration. Tried getting a plumber recently!?!? Hopefully some of these redundancy package/training schemes from the Canary Wharf crowd. Brickie's and Plumbing, get Tristian to give the Polish a bit of a run for their money!

Seamus will be over from Ireland shortly to sort you out.

Actually he'll be in the UK with his mates Sean, John, Peter, Derick, and the other 70% of the construction sector that have lost there jobs here in the past 6 months. The other 30% will of course be in Dubai.

ansbaradigeidfran

Always Tyred wrote:

ChrisInBicester wrote:

Podestrians involved in one in ten accidents, claims survey which set out to prove its sponsors' own views, probably.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3156499/Podestrians-involved-in-one-in-10-road-accidents.html

I would not be surprised if this was the same proportion of people who wear headphones.

That'll be the iPodestrians then...

Nick6891

hmm i havnt seen this topic before

I happen to be a student and yes i do wear headphones but no i dont cycle at 5mph and no i dont think i am invincible and do look before i go out into a road, maybe you just got a small proportion of students that do that kinda stuff, but dont speak for the majority.

Although i have to say once i did nearly get run over crossing the road due to wearing headphones, i looked and didnt see him so i went then looked again when he beeped at me haha

dondare

I work at London University and I just lurve students.

BUICK

I work in an area that is popular grazing ground for herds of student. There are numerous watering holes, and a labyrithine warren close by where they go to 'come down'. They are most active on the evenings and weekends when they develop sniffles and enlarged eyes, and are prone to ritual antics such as jumping en masse in front of vehicles on the road while cheering raucously and gesticulating in some kind of language of signs - whereas during the week they seem disorientated and weak. It's during these latter periods that they exhibit such typical behaviours as stepping out onto the road whilst looking in the opposite direction to the flow of traffic. Such behaviours can't be taken as random or naive gestures though: through living and working amongst their kind, I have seen new migrations of student year after year exhibiting the EXACT same behaviours! What message it is they are trying to send is unclear - but it bears comparison with the dancing of bees to signal to the rest of the hive the location of things which are of value. In the case of the student I believe these special dances most likely relate to the location of the local GUM clinic, and the proximity of purveyors of powdered pleasures from Peru. Most likely.

I was a student in New Zealand in the mid 90s. There certainly was a bit of a drinking culture - notably so in the Engineering department - where the star drinkers were known to drink until they were sick. Into their pint glass. Then drink it again. But for the most part people worked. Hard. Doing parttime jobs when not studying. Some students were very political, which can seem a bit naive and 'typical', and there were numerous protests organised - I even took part in some, and still believe that student protest is a valuable thing. It's good that they think about the issues and are prepared to shout about it - most adults have a whinge in the pub but never take it any further. One thing I never EVER remember witnessing is a student who had got to university age after garnering the necessary qualifications to gain entry, who didn't know how to cross the road by themselves...