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by Mark1
Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:50 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Fried Bread and Marmalade Sandwiches
Replies: 26
Views: 8864

yeah well, fried bread no longer has a place at CH due to 'dietary concerns'...
Surely the issue, even now, with housey kids, is raising them TO the average weight for height, rather than the reverse...

...Or perhaps the fried bread was too popular...
by Mark1
Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Death of the 'Cherry Picker'
Replies: 5
Views: 2798

one can only guess... perhaps a competition is in order here, for most creative explanation - i see from precedents, such as the origins of Peele A ( http://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?t=429 ), described by Hendrik, there are some truely ingenious explanations that could be thought up... come...
by Mark1
Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Death of the 'Cherry Picker'
Replies: 5
Views: 2798

Death of the 'Cherry Picker'

This picture (of Yevgeni's, I admit) has already been posted on the Christ's Hospital Blog - I thought I post it here anyway, in case anyone had missed it... Not sure if any of the younger Old Blues remember these big, red 'cherry pickers', but this was the scene on the avenue for a couple of days a...
by Mark1
Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:13 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Does your partner think you are strange for talking about CH
Replies: 35
Views: 10041

consolidate house unity, strengthen sense of purpose/community, enable you to march in time to music ...
Try justifying those reasons to a non-Blue :!:
by Mark1
Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:11 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Does your partner think you are strange for talking about CH
Replies: 35
Views: 10041

"WOW ! HOGWARTS !" couldn't have had any of the food out at the time then ... :vom: hmmm, current opinions differ, but at the moment I would have to correct this to refer to the quantities of food - while the food has got better, the portions just seem to get smaller and smaller... ... no...
by Mark1
Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:02 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Does your partner think you are strange for talking about CH
Replies: 35
Views: 10041

nope, the marching question, I mean
by Mark1
Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:56 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Does your partner think you are strange for talking about CH
Replies: 35
Views: 10041

yeah, not sure if I'm qualified to comment on this topic, still being a current Blue, but I know the reaction. It took ages for my girlfriend (not at CH) to get that the reason I might talk about, or refer to CH, was not because I have some undying affection for education, but that CH just, becomes ...
by Mark1
Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:41 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Christ's Hospital Blog
Replies: 77
Views: 21095

Happy wrote:A sad reflection of the limits of their mentality.
You scare them.
No, but seriously, this type of response seems ludicrous in its attitude...
...almost akin to the barring of several sites under the reason 'Useless'...

anyway, all that is required is a perfectly good (unbarred) proxy server...
by Mark1
Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:23 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Christ's Hospital Blog
Replies: 77
Views: 21095

News on the blog front:
any attempts to reach the blog from CH computers now goes to this address: http://www.teletubbies.com/
presumably this is some attempt at humour by the IT department, commenting on the 'childish' nature of the site? :roll:
by Mark1
Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:36 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Christ's Hospital Blog
Replies: 77
Views: 21095

not sure what the official position of this site is, but i am accessing it from CH network computers with no problems - perhaps there has been a change of mind?