Censorship (and that Thesis)

[Anon.]

Quoting Eliot Wilson from 17:20, 6th Jun 2005
Well, Telnet describes you as "Undergraduate - Interrupted", if that's any help.

Oh, thank you - though now I feel rather like Winona Ryder.

But when doesn't one, what? Woof!

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting RJ Covino from 16:34, 6th Jun 2005
You'll see.

Well, I'd expect no less than a public display. You'd best employ several Large Men for protection - the St Andrean public is a jealous one and will stop at nothing to rob you of your homour.

Quoting Anon. from 20:06, 6th Jun 2005
Oh, thank you - though now I feel rather like Winona Ryder.

But when doesn't one, what? Woof!

When one looks in the mirror, I find. Although eye-shadow can work wonders if applied correctly.

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Will Watson. Medical Student. Cake Lover.

[RJ Covino]

The John Honey Award is a pretty fuck-off big piece of silverware, as it happens. I don't plan on letting any ruffians near enough to it to even consider bringing in the heavies.

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http://www.ralphcovino.com

[Jason Dunn]

Quoting Anon. from 17:01, 6th Jun 2005

Quoting from 21:53, 5th Jun 2005
You are still a matriculated student, are you not?

Could somebody tell me - am I still a matriculated student? I matriculated at the start of the 2004/2005 academic year, and went on temporary leave of absence on the 30th of November 2004. Am I still matriculated? If I am, when do I cease to be so?

I note that your facebook profile calls you an alumnus, which isn't quite true.

And if facebook can lie, I don't know what to believe.

[Eliot Wilson]

That depends on your definition of 'alumnus'. If you regard it as synonymous with 'graduate', then, yes, Mr Renouf is not an alumnus of St Andrews. If you regard it as meaning 'former student', however, then it is perfectly allowable.

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Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[Jason Dunn]

Quoting Eliot Wilson from 22:46, 7th Jun 2005
That depends on your definition of 'alumnus'.

Indeed it does. Apparently it's from the latin for foster-child, and my dictionary defines it as a pupil or student in relation to his place of education. That would suggest that we are all alumni. Huzza!

[Eliot Wilson]

And it makes me alumnus Universitatis Oxoniensis, which rocks.

[hr]

Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[exnihilo]

Albeit just a shade misleading in this day and age, you'll be claiming aegrot next in the manner of Sellars and/or Yeatman.

[Eliot Wilson]

Now that's a thought.

[hr]

Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[Tweedle-Dum]

Back to the Thesis topic, I hear Ralph's submitted; Eliot, have you?

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Live by the sword, die by the arrow.

[exnihilo]

In all honesty, I singularly fail to comprehend in what way it could possibly be any of your damned business who has or has not submitted their thesis. I'd advise you to give thought to getting a first degree.

[Eliot Wilson]

For students of the curious, no, I haven't submitted yet; my supervisor is currently reading my final draft, following which I will submit asap; hopefully around the end of this month or beginning of the next. Following which you will all be warmly encouraged to start a write-in campaign to the Reformation Studies Institute, demanding that the ground-breaking, nay, seminal, work "The restoration of monasticism in England under Mary Tudor" be made available in paperback (£9.99 from all good bookshops).

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Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[Tweedle-Dee]

How much? (sorry, it's the summer, what else is there to do?)

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"If it can't be cured with either bacon fat or vinegar, it's not worth curing"

[exnihilo]

Get a job?

[RJ Covino]

Quoting Eliot Wilson from 12:51, 13th Jun 2005
be made available in paperback (£9.99 from all good bookshops).

I think I'll wait for it to appear on the big screen. I've discovered that all contracts for books tend to come with a rider about signing away the movie rights.

I'd bet that "The Restoration of Monasticism in England" will do about as well as "The Magistrates of Roman Sicily" at the box-office. (That said "Magistrates II: The Quaestors Strike Back" is a much darker and haunting tale; however, I doubt it'll ever see the light of day).

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http://www.ralphcovino.com

[Tweedle-Dum]

Why not make the second one first, in a George Lucas Star Wars stylee?

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Live by the sword, die by the arrow.

[Tweedle-Dee]

Quoting exnihilo from 15:02, 13th Jun 2005
Get a job?

That's cheap.
No-one this side of the Atlantic (or Pacific, come to think of it) is crazy enough to employ me. It would be like that time I worked in a Nigerian hospital; it blew up.

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"If it can't be cured with either bacon fat or vinegar, it's not worth curing"

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting RJ Covino from 18:27, 13th Jun 2005
I think I'll wait for it to appear on the big screen. I've discovered that all contracts for books tend to come with a rider about signing away the movie rights.

I'd bet that "The Restoration of Monasticism in England" will do about as well as "The Magistrates of Roman Sicily" at the box-office. (That said "Magistrates II: The Quaestors Strike Back" is a much darker and haunting tale; however, I doubt it'll ever see the light of day).

Indeed. Look out for my upcomming Crash Course Anatomy 3: Straight for the Jugular, starring Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman and marking John Stewart's movie debut.

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Will Watson. Medical Student. Cake Lover.

[Guest]

Quoting Tweedle-Dee from 19:46, 13th Jun 2005

Quoting exnihilo from 15:02, 13th Jun 2005
Get a job?

That's cheap.
No-one this side of the Atlantic (or Pacific, come to think of it) is crazy enough to employ me. It would be like that time I worked in a Nigerian hospital; it blew up.

Nothing to do with you, obviously.

[Guest]

Quoting Tweedle-Dee from 19:46, 13th Jun 2005

Quoting exnihilo from 15:02, 13th Jun 2005
Get a job?

That's cheap.
"

No, but it is highly ironic.