Passed test!

Oh well, two out of three ain't bad.

 

Heh. Any port in a storm.

 

"There's a boy across the river, with a bottom like a peach,
But, alas, I cannot swim."

(Old Pathan ribald song, quoted by James Morris in his Imperial
Trilogy)

 

Well done to the lad - Bucks Uni, that's one of those i-Universities?

 

YM Jan Morris[1]?

It was also quoted some time earlier by William Burroughs, IIRC in The Wild
Boys, and possibly other places too.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Morris

 

Apparently it used to be 100% private and costalot. Now it's govt
supported.

Big Bruvver said it was the only independent uni whose degrees were
properly recognised.

So it's a bit like one of the Polytechnic offshoots, yes.

 

No, because the Pax Britannica trilogy was authored as James Morris.

But yes, they are one and the same.

 

I thought I'd seen it quoted within one of Canteloube's Songs of the
Auvergne, but can't find it atm.

 

" "

 

Heh. Bailero, and not quite...

Pastre de delai l'aio
As gaire de buon tems?
Dio lou bailero lero
Lero lero lero lero bailero lo

Pastre lou prat fai flour
Li cal gorda toun troupel
Dio lou bailero lero
Lero lero lero lero bailero lo

Pastre couci forai
En obal io lou bel riou!
Dio lou bailero lero
Lero lero lero lero bailero lo

[Translation:]

Shepherd across the river
You're hardly having a good time
Sing bailero lero

Shepherd, the meadows are in bloom
You should watch your
Flock on this side
Sing bailero lero

Shepherd, the water divides us
And I can't cross it
Sing bailero lero

 

Thank you - but I thought there was another one closer. Never mind,
old age again.

 

Formally know as Buckinghamshire college of further education. Then they
affiliated with Brunel University, and now I haven't got a clue what
they call themselves.

It was shit when I went there, hence I spent most of my time in The
White Horse, as I'm sure your lad will just as soon as he discovers it.

 

It's mostly being rebuilt atm.

Which campus is he going to?, my daughter's bf has also been offerred a
place but his 1st year is at Chalfont St Giles campus.

--
Dan L

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Dunno yet....

 

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