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I have just been chided for doing up the bottom button of my waistcoat when wearing it with black tie. Is this correct?

Typical Scot in London. "Can you spare some change, pal?"

Now we are safely on the Circle Line, I shall invoke the Sherlock double and move to Baker Street.

No honorary MDs, odd.

munchingfoo wrote:Have you met Tenebrae Hennesy? That image isn't too far from the truth...

I think an IRC quote sums it up:

<Prophet_Tenebrae> porn - fills the void that female companionship creates.

Just make sure that you know a few of the other people who are staying up (or that you know people who know people) - I've stayed up 2 summers, one where I barely knew anyone (pants) and one where I had lots of close friends (ace).

Al wrote:You leave that mural alone.

Why? Is it of historical significance? Perhaps it is a site of pilgrimage for lunatics? Or did David Brynmor-Thomas lay some sort of freaky masonic curse on it?

In addition to theories about superinfection, Mexico is a) not in possession of the world's greatest healthcare system b) the origin of the infection, so in possession of far more many cases c) the origin of the infection, so caught off guard unlike all the other countries reporting cases, which wer...

I'll take a replacement bus service from the national rail chest and move over to Perivale - unless someone's going to call Routemasters on me!

I can vaguely recall Sir Clement defining his role to me during freshers week (I'm paraphrasing, although I think he has said this to numerous others): "In the old days, the rector ran the university. If I'd have wanted to, I could have made the entire place into a brothel. Now I just make sure...

Is Owen Wilton actually Stephen Fry in disguise? You're much more verbose when not confined to tweets. The upcoming debate is going to be cracking.

I agree on a few points. They majority of people I've met from the KK were actually very decent people, only coloured by a few bad eggs. I'm happy for them to carry on doing what they do but I don't think it is appropriate for the university to openly support them. Nothing really changes though, and...

Well, let's give respect where it's due and let's not attack anyone personally, yes.

You don't expect a sinner thread to remain on point, do you? A bunch of people have posted their opinions on some stuff, it's not like it's a coherent argument or anything.
Agree on the Georgina support. I had coffee with her once and it was generally ace.

I don't believe that this distancing should involve denying this private members' group the right to rent out university property at commercial rates. Would you deny a private members' group that only allowed white people to be members the right to rent out university property at commercial rates? ...

So the reason the KK is to be "dis-affiliated" is because they exclude women, but both Georgina and Andrew have now argued that this move will stop St Andrews as being seen as a "posh elitist", "snobbish" place. Once again I wonder whether the real point here is a gend...

While I am an alumnus (although I regularly contemplate return for an MD or other), I certainly would have happily seen this in my day. What makes me less certain is precisely how this is going to stop the KK being the (unrepresentative) guardian of the traditions of St Andrews? If the parade etc co...

It means she can have them to dinner, and then take them out to events in the town. That's the way it works in American (and I think) Oxbridge colleges. Well yes - each college has a master/president's lodge for just this purpose, although I can't really see Lord Eatwell taking his guests of Queens...

I'm pretty sure the KK will survive, with or without university recognition. All this does is give them a rap on the knuckles about, as Georgina mentioned, being a non-representative group that tries to represent St Andrews. Balls, parades and the like seem to me to be difficult to stop. Well done P...

It would make it easier for people in high heels.