They probably thought you were a prune then.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I may have misread this but it seems to me that this wasn’t at the request of the students but a decision taken by the University? That to me is the problem. We need to rid ourselves of these weak, liberal people who are starting to overrun our institutions and Companies with their bizarre and dangerous ideas. Weak leaders (which we have had for years, across all 3 ridiculous parties) breed a weak, needy population and that is exactly where we are. Too late the danger of this sort of thing will be recognised.

Did anyone happen to see the Richard Bacon documentary- Cancelled - on channel 4 last night? That’s worth a watch.

Lol - I do not disagree with that. I believe that we have diluted the prestige of a university education by calling every polytechnic a uni and introducing ridiculous degrees. This, I suspect, was in relation to the ‘hey guys, you can all go to uni and get a degree in something, even if you are thick as s***’ culture that our limp and weak politicians introduced. It was not a good thing, in my opinion.

I genuinely believe that the emotionally retarded have taken over the psychiatric hospital.

Edited by Helmet46 (03 Dec 2021 7.58am)

When we looked at it for my Sons (who decided it wasn’t for them) the repayments were pretty low. A few percent extra tax on the amount you earn over £23k (at the time) and it gets wiped when you’re 50. Likely that very few will ever pay it back, I suspect. That may have changed now as that was a good 9 years ago. I guess your average 19 year old will take that for 3 years of partying, attending ridiculous marches, wearing s*** clothes and living on a diet of pot noodles and vodka.

As an amusing aside, my mates wife was having a discussion with my other half on where Croatia was. My friends wife was hopelessly wrong but tried to convince us she must be right by stating (and I kid you not) - “You are wrong. I do know where Croatia is, my Son has a geography degree you know.”
Fabulous. Especially as she was out by about 1,000 miles!

Edited by Helmet46 (03 Dec 2021 8.24am)

Lol - I appreciate and fully understand that it’s awful stereotyping but we do that with some skill on here. So it’s probably no different from some claiming that everyone who voted Brexit is a thick racist hoping to return to the days of the empire or that everyone who voted remain is a lefty, has a little beard, wears soft sole shoes, jumbo cords and a cardigan with arm patches.

Edited by Helmet46 (03 Dec 2021 11.17am)

Your grandson is hopefully smashing the arse off a 20 year old physcology tart and getting hammered with said vodka at least 4 days a week.
Alongside telling you how charming it is and how hard he’s studying.
Naivety has a certain quaintness