Class reps are generally birds for some reason. Speaking of which a former class rep of mine showed up in a dream last night. It was like an episode of Curb your Enthusiasm. She wanted a ‘stop and chat’ but I made my excuses and scooted off, after which she was offended and I had to avoid her.
I knew it would be a bird alright.
Despicable creatures when it comes to text speak.
“Never again the right to murder and ignore the law” says the Israeli president to the German parliment
I should have realised. Rookie mistake on my part.
[quote=“Pikeman”]I knew it would be a bird alright.
Despicable creatures when it comes to text speak.[/QUOTE]
I don’t know how a student could easily switch back to “normal” writing when it comes to essays etc.
The whole thing is a mystery to me.
And just to even things up, a young lad who’s working on a group yoke with me emailed me his contribution at the
weekend, littered with typos, and signed off with “I hope dis is of sum use”.
Enormously offensive on a number of levels.
I feel sorry for the foreign students, most of whom seem like they are interesting and alright sorts, who have to
share classes with these D4 imbeciles.
[quote=“Thrawneen”]I don’t know how a student could easily switch back to “normal” writing when it comes to essays etc.
The whole thing is a mystery to me.
And just to even things up, a young lad who’s working on a group yoke with me emailed me his contribution at the
weekend, littered with typos, and signed off with “I hope dis is of sum use”.
Enormously offensive on a number of levels.
I feel sorry for the foreign students, most of whom seem like they are interesting and alright sorts, who have to
share classes with these D4 imbeciles.[/QUOTE]
yo mofo, u r jst no ↓ wi d yoof!
[quote=“Thrawneen”]I don’t know how a student could easily switch back to “normal” writing when it comes to essays etc.
The whole thing is a mystery to me.
And just to even things up, a young lad who’s working on a group yoke with me emailed me his contribution at the
weekend, littered with typos, and signed off with “I hope dis is of sum use”.
Enormously offensive on a number of levels.
I feel sorry for the foreign students, most of whom seem like they are interesting and alright sorts, who have to
share classes with these D4 imbeciles.[/QUOTE]
I remember a few of us having a few pints with one of our senior lecturers for the masters after we’d got the exam results. He rold us that as a general rule lads are far better writers than birds. He was saying that girls tend to have the information but their presentation of it is terrible. Lads on the other hand tend to deal with a smaller number of points but make an interesting story of it. The two primary reasons are firstly, that lads tend to be worse prepared and haver to be much more creative with what few things they do know. Second, lads at that age tend to have developed an interest in much broader issues on some level, expanding beyond the realm of kittens, perfume, and cushions at least and as such are reading a higher quality of material which in turn improves their own ability to write. With a few exceptions I’ve found this to be the case myself.
Kittens, perfume and cushions. Sugar and spice, and all things nice. Girls. Aren’t they great. 
We need shannonsider around if we’re getting into this. Poetically misogynist at his best.
Reminds me of the Harry Enfield sketch at the dinner party, where the woman “comes out with an astonishing and dangerous opinion of her own,” or something to that effect…
All the gents are horrified and the couple leave in a cloud of shame…
That’s an interesting point. Now I think about it, I was reading broadsheet sports reporting (The Sunday Times guide to World Cup 90 was pretty high class I remember) as soon as I could read and things like NME (back when it was good) from the age of 12, on top of novels and factual books and whatever else.
I used to sneak into my sister’s room and read her Smash Hits and More magazines but I don’t remember ever getting much reading out of them. Did get a pic of Angel from Home and Away’s tit though.
However, I think both boys and girls will be equally shit in the future if they’re doing most of their reading on the internet (except for TFK, natch).
[quote=“Thrawneen”]That’s an interesting point. Now I think about it, I was reading broadsheet sports reporting (The Sunday Times guide to World Cup 90 was pretty high class I remember) as soon as I could read
[/QUOTE]
Did you get the World Cup '90 ring binder? That is the greatest football sticker album ever made. 
‘World Cup 90, I’d look out for it if I were you!’
I was an 8 year-old lad falling hard in love with football, that sticker album, and the term “sticker album” really doesn’t do it justice, but that sticker album was my life for many glorious months. It was an education. Not just a football education but an education on life. The moving and inspiring stories in it relating to various World Cup events made a deep impression on me. God bless Orbis.
Ah lovely 
Ah lovely.
Not so much a sticker album as a Bible. I still have mine in the attic. I used to love the section where they recreated the great goals from previous world cups. You could really use your imagination for them not like now where you just search for it on you tube.
I remember the line “In 1969 the USA sent a rocket to moon, three years earlier Bobby Charlton launched one of his own”
Classic
They had Gordon Banks’ save in the Golden Goals as well.
Edited posted in wrong thread
World Cup '90 is also sitting up in my attic, all 20 parts and every single sticker. I imagine it will be coming downstairs in time for South Africa 2010 to be treated with the awe and reverence it deserves. Anyway I don’t want to stray off topic, this is the Things That Are Wrong thread and World Cup '90 was very very right.
Does anyone remember an ad from around that time with Ferguson and Ron Atkinson? Went something like this:
Alex, I want your striker.
Not a chance. Unless…
Unless what?
Unless you give me your full back.
I can live with that!
Think it may have been for a Merlin sticker album.