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Probably when Matron's not watching and he slips out, if you'll pardon the expression !!englishangel wrote:I didn't say you WERE Spoonbill or BTPED, just that the three of you seem to pop up at odd times after breaks.
You do seem to have a way with words J.R.J.R. wrote:Probably when Matron's not watching and he slips out, if you'll pardon the expression !!englishangel wrote:I didn't say you WERE Spoonbill or BTPED, just that the three of you seem to pop up at odd times after breaks.
Well, I guess the most obvious answer is that OBs have a tendency towards (eventually) becoming middle-class Tories, who then flock to Surrey/Sussex like Muslims to Mecca.Spoonbill wrote:I mean to say, what are these people playing at exactly?
Are they the saddest sad ******** on the entire planet? Or am I missing a crucial point here?
Speak for yourself.Hendrik wrote:Well, I guess the most obvious answer is that OBs have a tendency towards (eventually) becoming middle-class Tories, who then flock to Surrey/Sussex like Muslims to Mecca.Spoonbill wrote:I mean to say, what are these people playing at exactly?
Are they the saddest sad ******** on the entire planet? Or am I missing a crucial point here?
I mean this in all seriousness. Just look in the back of the Blue at the number of CH associations in any given county. If the number of OBs in Sussex was primarily to do with love of the school, you would expect to see a huge amount in that county, and substantially less in the surrounding ones. Whereas there are four for Surrey and a meagre three for Sussex. Infact, the Tory strongholds in the commuter belt are disproportionately better represented.
You can tell that I've thought about this before. And that I desperately need to spend my energy on more constructive things than the geopolitical makeup of former pupils.
Obviously a product of a good scientific training.Hendrik wrote:Well, I guess the most obvious answer is that OBs have a tendency towards (eventually) becoming middle-class Tories, who then flock to Surrey/Sussex like Muslims to Mecca.Spoonbill wrote:I mean to say, what are these people playing at exactly?
Are they the saddest sad ******** on the entire planet? Or am I missing a crucial point here?
I mean this in all seriousness. Just look in the back of the Blue at the number of CH associations in any given county. If the number of OBs in Sussex was primarily to do with love of the school, you would expect to see a huge amount in that county, and substantially less in the surrounding ones. Whereas there are four for Surrey and a meagre three for Sussex. Infact, the Tory strongholds in the commuter belt are disproportionately better represented.
You can tell that I've thought about this before. And that I desperately need to spend my energy on more constructive things than the geopolitical makeup of former pupils.
Funnily enough my chemistry teacher labelled me the 'King of Brevity'.AKAP wrote:Obviously a product of a good scientific training.
Hypothesis, research and conclusion. And then reported, all in two paragraphs.
I take pride in living in Stockton-on-Tees (look it up!). It is a fact that there are very few people who come from any further than the Home Counties or London. Currently, there are a few Lithuanians and a South African, as well as a chap who's parents are missionaries in Nigeria.Great Plum wrote:I may have got it rong in that 25% are from the home counties and not just from Sussex...
There were always quite a few from the West Country, a couple of Northeners and 3 or 4 from Alderney whilst I was at school - not many from Wales or Scotland though...
What is also interesting is the number of Young Old Blues who end up in London...darthmaul wrote:I take pride in living in Stockton-on-Tees (look it up!). It is a fact that there are very few people who come from any further than the Home Counties or London. Currently, there are a few Lithuanians and a South African, as well as a chap who's parents are missionaries in Nigeria.Great Plum wrote:I may have got it rong in that 25% are from the home counties and not just from Sussex...
There were always quite a few from the West Country, a couple of Northeners and 3 or 4 from Alderney whilst I was at school - not many from Wales or Scotland though...
Sad, really, cos you Southerners are a load of softies really...no cultcher
Oh well, I endeavour to remedy this.
Having said that, Durham and St Andy's are popular locations for uni (although this could be due to the fact that people feel a need to escape from parents)
Hmm....
No, but there's far nicer places to live and work...englishangel wrote:Now there's a surprise....NOT
YepGreat Plum wrote:No, but there's far nicer places to live and work...englishangel wrote:Now there's a surprise....NOT
(Says he who work in London!)
... or alternatively, an undertaker - no unemployment there either !englishangel wrote:OK, everyone off to Barcelona. Pity I don't speak Spanish.
That was why I became a midwife, the human race will keep me in a job.