david, that's enlightening stuff you've got there. i mean, it's obvious
that this chap's father's job was the only cause of his 'abnormal
behaviour'. and of course, these traits are clearly shared by anyone who's
ever set foot in cambridge or oxford. sorry, i should have known.
--On Friday, May 16, 2003 09:51 +0100 "david.bircumshaw"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> there's a guy I know whose father was Head Porter at a Cambridge college.
> The result of growing up in such an environment has made him stark raving
> bonkers: for example, the other night, I was having a drink in the local
> theatre bar, there was to be a performance by a group (The Dirty Three)
> at 8 pm. I wasn't interested but this guy bought a ticket (eleven quid),
> however, instead of going into the concert, when he heard from the bar
> bits he thought interesting he would go into the loo where the sound came
> through a grill and listen to it there as he reckoned the acoustics were
> better there. This is what Cambridge, or the Oxen ford, and English
> society as a whole can do to people.
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