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  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    Shall we try asking Martha?

    (Martha...where are you????)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Honoury Doctorates and Degrees.
    It annoys me that people are studying hard for years to get a Doctorate or a Degree and then the institution gives an 'Honoury' award to some celeb. Worse than that is when the person receiving it starts to use it (looking at you John Cooper Clark - who I, otherwise, quite like).
    It devalues the qualification for those that have studied hard for it and dishonours their commitment and achievement.
    Pack it in academia. Honour your students by not devaluing their achievements !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    But what if it was Alison being awarded an honorary degree? Would you still have the same stance?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Yes. No exceptions. If you have a Doctorate or a degree, you should have earned it. My like of Alison does not make giving her, or me for that matter, an honorary degree acceptable.
    Anything else devalues it. Just ask my other half,
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    I quite agree UT.
    I can think of other examples of status conferred rather than earned that have grated with me just recently...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    Valentine's day. Ugh. Don't get me started.

    I was eating my lunch at work and was checking Facebook, when I noticed an ad by Greggs (a pastry shop) stating that you can go for a Valentine's date at Greggs. I told my teacher who was in hysterics and said "I think we can safely advise all men to never ever take you to Greggs unless they wish to due from a slow and painful death". 


    I said i dont mind being taken out for a date but i think we can aim a bit higher than Greggs pmsl.

    Every day should be a Valentine's day. I'm gonna buy myself a bunch of roses because why not. @};-
    Post edited by serenity52 at 2018-02-08 01:59:26
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    I’m a fan of Valentines Day. It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of taking your significant other for granted and in the real world we are all too busy and too stressed to be the perfect romantic partners we’d like to be every day of the year. The commercialism around it sucks but that’s true of every festival now. I think it’s nice to take pause and make time for the other person. Unfortunately in our household, we both have the flu right now so all plans have been cancelled. The most romantic and helpful thing I can do is make a vat of chicken soup!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Well I'm just gonna buy the biggest bar of Toblerone I can find and eat it all by myself. Fuck it. This last woman I've been dating was already in a relationship. I found out from her Instagram no less. At least she wasn't married with two kids, like the one before. That one really threw me. I'm keeping my sanity this Valentine's and keeping my heart safe. Guess I'll put the x-rated dice and blindfold back in the drawer for now.
    U R I E L
    What is done in the dark will always come to light
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    @Ponygurl- are you going to see the new 50 shades film? It's all I've been hearing about. That film does nothing for me at all. I confess i went to see the first one with an ex and was sitting there feeling nervous. Then on the other side of the cinema were these older women sitting in a group making weird noises. I think they were inserting their Tena lady pads into their knickers or sewing in 10 layers of cloth just in case.

    I went SO red. And in every sort of scene where Ana and Christian get a bit jiggy they started to get hysterical. Like MEGA hysterical.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    I've even heard of one woman who started to get off with her partner inside the actual cinema. The poor cinema supervisors had to escort her out.

    Massive Toblerone sounds good.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Nope. I'm not gonna see it. I'm really not into the whole 'Hetero' sex thing. So cliche, a bit trite. If I had to watch some het crap, I'd prefer something sweeping and darkly romantic..like Wuthering Heights. I'll prob go see The Phantom Thread instead.

    I've made out in the back of the cinema before, but 50 Shades certainly wasn't playing.
    U R I E L
    What is done in the dark will always come to light
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    There was a film I watched last year I think called Killing Me Softly with Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes in it which was a bit hot in parts. Anyhoo... I've always found Fiennes to be deeply attractive anyway. If I saw him in the flesh I would faint for real. I wouldn't mind staring into his eyes all night.

    I better shut up now before I say anything else. :))
    Post edited by serenity52 at 2018-02-10 14:36:16
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    Yes!! The phantom thread really looks like something I'd enjoy too. 
    Post edited by serenity52 at 2018-02-10 14:37:57
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    Two morons in black BMWs racing through town today, overtaking sensible drivers on the left...then a police car appears on the opposite side of the carriageway and merrily drives on to the doughnut shop! Where’s a policeman when you need one, huh!??!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    Not that I stereotype or anything.
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