
Loughborough Student Union ran this genuine attempt at irony
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I like the domain name. Sounds like flying, german underwear.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:05,
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It is trendy "uni" talk. Like "get involved" and "bad chat".
I always smile at Loughborough's real domain "lboro.ac.uk" - it sounds like El Burro - tee hee.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:07,
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I always smile at Loughborough's real domain "lboro.ac.uk" - it sounds like El Burro - tee hee.

Do you think they "pooled their brainspaces" to "leverage" that?
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:08,
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Are you dissing my uni?
If so then that's bad chat.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:11,
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If so then that's bad chat.

It's the Open University and we're going to Mars, so there...
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:12,
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But my uni could probably beat your uni in a running race.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:13,
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all these sciences that people make up. sporsts science, computere science, social science. SOCIAL SCIENCE? for fuck's sake.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:17,
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to take instantaneous action with minimal use of the thinking part - so we'd probably win that. And if we lost then we'd complain to BUSA and have the rules changed.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:17,
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Egg & Spoon inter-Uni champions since I dunno when, us lot!
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:16,
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for advertising cigarettes...
www.ma.lboro.ac.uk
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:24,
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www.ma.lboro.ac.uk

fits nicely with the first line of 'Deutschland Uber Alles',
but I can't be arsed to write the rest of the verse.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:09,
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but I can't be arsed to write the rest of the verse.

as someone who lived in Loughborough for 23 years, I have never, once, heard that. no no no. Absolutely not. No way.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:11,
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place in Australia
70-80% FACT
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:13,
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70-80% FACT

(or did a few years ago.)
A very good name it is too.
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 15:14,
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A very good name it is too.