"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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IMM wrote:

"Grunff" wrote in message
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IMM wrote:


So he says. Personally I thought he probably learnt what little he
knows

from watching Bob the Builder.


ROFL. OH my God, snotty uni wit!

At the risk of provoking a large amount of verbal diarrhoea,
what exactly do you define as a snotty uni? Just Oxbridge?


yes. and Durham and other assorted minor snots.


Redbricks?


Never.

Durhamn is a redbrick.

Redbrick uni's are those that came about in the 1800s. The term redbrick
comes from a block at Liverpool University (the one with the clock tower)
which was "redbrick". Durham is older than the 1800s. I think older than
Cambridge.

Most British uni's have been established since WW2. We have approx 100 of
them. Being British, naturally petty snobbery comes in, and those unis who
are older say they are better in some way, with nothing to base this absurd
claim on.

The "ancient" uni's, that pre-date redbricks, think they are superior in
perverse way way. Predominantly Oxbridge has become a clique of privately
educated people, who later in life only give jobs to those who go to certain
private schools and went to Oxbridge.

I thik he went to the south bank University of the manchester ship canal,

Never heard of it.





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