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[quote=wblipp;173803]There seem to be a lot of variations on this theme. I liked these:

[URL]http://www.jowettjupiter.co.uk/jupindx.htm[/URL][/quote]

A contempory of mine came up with this:
[URL]http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/cgi/content/full/11/3/188[/URL]
Note though that your link attributes the ditty to Henry Beeching.

I especially enjoyed the Florence Nightingale anecdote.

David

PS Before someone posts "thread hijacked", (although it follows
on from the relevant posts on cricket scores), well done 10metreh
(assuming it's right).

[QUOTE=davieddy;173796]
I was (secretly pleased) shocked to hear that the name Hardy
meant nothing to him, and neither did Jowett, even though I
reminded him that there is (or at least was) a road called
Jowett Walk just outside Cats.[/QUOTE]I've certainly heard the ditty about the Master of Balliol, though the attribution has been rather erratic.

Jowett Walk was still there a couple of years ago, though I'd take slight issue with "just outside" Catz (as we spelled it when I was up at Oxford). I know it well, because the OU astronomical society kept their telescope in Catz' squash courts and Jowett Walk was on the most direct route from Exeter when I went observing.

What next? A rendition of "The Motor Bus"?

Yes, I'm well aware that the thread has been cast adrift.


Paul

[quote=xilman;174017]
Jowett Walk was still there a couple of years ago, though I'd take slight issue with "just outside" Catz (as we spelled it when I was up at Oxford). I know it well, because the OU astronomical society kept their telescope in Catz' squash courts and Jowett Walk was on the most direct route from Exeter when I went observing.

Paul[/quote]

I know it's Catz.
It's just that when I went to Cambridge I was at St Catharine's
and the distinction in spelling was deemed critical.
Other Shiboleths (Terrible spelling):
Confusing Queen's with Queens'
Referring to New College as New
.....

Further examples welcome:smile:

David

PS Do you ever get this?

Q: What university?
A: Oxford
Q: Which college?
A: Exeter
Q; Oh. I thought you said you went to Oxford.

[QUOTE=davieddy;174058]I know it's Catz.
It's just that when I went to Cambridge I was at St Catharine's
and the distinction in spelling was deemed critical.
Other Shiboleths (Terrible spelling):
Confusing Queen's with Queens'
Referring to New College as New
.....

Further examples welcome:smile:

David[/QUOTE]Magdalen

Paul

P.S. Not the only one of which I'm aware, but we should give others a chance to contribute.

[quote=xilman;174063]Magdalen

Paul

P.S. Not the only one of which I'm aware, but we should give others a chance to contribute.[/quote]
Nice one!
The street or the college?
Which of the two Universties (that is if you have been to either of them)?
Spelling or pronunciation?

run simba run! :kitten:
:direction::direction:

[quote=davieddy;174010]
PS Before someone posts "thread hijacked", (although it follows
on from the relevant posts on cricket scores), well done 10metreh
(assuming it's right).[/quote]
Just as well I took the precaution of pre-empting you.:glare:

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;174100]run simba run! [/QUOTE]Fair enough, but as the original question has now been answered, I'd argue that th thread is fair game to be converted into a rambling discussion of apparently randomly chosen trivia.

Paul

[QUOTE=xilman;174121]... th[is] thread is fair game to be converted into a rambling discussion of apparently randomly chosen trivia.[/QUOTE]So did anyone see the game last night? The weather yesterday was quite normal for this time of year. So will the universe explode tomorrow or in 2012? How many GIMPSters does it take to replace a heatsink? Can replacing a heatsink be done "live" without losing cycles by turning the computer off? Will Mini-Me join me on my holiday to Winnerville? Why did the chicken cross the road?

[quote=Uncwilly;173610]I don't know the answer to this one, it was brought to me by some one else. They got it from the radio.
[/quote]
More to the point, why doesn't the thread starter at least
acknowledge the "solvers". Some of us have got more fun out of the
puzzle than it deserved, even if we were only buying time.

[quote=xilman;174017]
Jowett Walk was still there a couple of years ago, though I'd take slight issue with "just outside" Catz (as we spelled it when I was up at Oxford). I know it well, because the OU astronomical society kept their telescope in Catz' squash courts and Jowett Walk was on the most direct route from Exeter when I went observing.

Paul[/quote]

Just do a left and your there, although I can't remember why I
took that route so often. I'm pretty sure there weren't any girls
there in my time (at least not officially).

Anyway, your post gave me an excuse to "Google Earth", and it
looks like a toss up between Jowett Walk and Holywell St, though
the former was probably more pedestrian friendly. There were a lot
of blue squares on the map, and when you click on them you are
treated to a photo taken from that point.
Two caught my eye: one was the KA from the Broad (surprise),
and another was a particularly attractive snow scene, apparently taken
from the corner of the lawn (library) where us veterans used to
climb in at night:smile:. Pretty as the view is, I couldn't quite place it.
If you can dig it up, perhaps you can enlighten me.

David