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That thread's shit, now there'll be two by the time I click "post this message"
So A level results day. What A levels did you get? I got A,B,B,D
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BCDwhich goes to show that A levels don't mean shit, because I also have a 2:1 MEng in Civil Engineering from what was (at the time) the best uni for the course. and I got that while being stoned almost every night.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:47,
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Clearly it shows thatbecause I got AAAB and then a first in Chemistry and then an MSc.
By analysing the two data points we have here, I can clearly see that by achieving better A-level results, I achieved better degree results.
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that was down to how much work I put inthe end result is much the same though. I have a good job, you have a good job.
not to mention a lovely wife (more or less) and a productive garden
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:51,
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your flexibility has improved then?oh, how droll!
I'm not sure what's ready to eat from my garden at the moment. I assume some of the lettuce is, as that always is, and there is probably a fuckton of courgette lurking in the foliage.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:54,
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Meh they mean something,and over a large group they do make a difference to earnings and "sucess".
But they're weird, because most of the stuff I do at the moment is maths and stats I would consider below A-level stuff, and the stuff I do that isn't is so specialised I wouldn't be able to learn that in school.
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strangely, I got a D in Maths at A leveland yet was considerably better at it than most of my uni coursemates who all got As.
As far as engineering goes the Maths A level I did was actually a solid base for what we went on to do at uni, and I still use a fair amount of it.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:53,
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I think that's it, you have to know a large amount of crap in mathsbut you'll use a specific part of maths in work. I wouldn't do any mechanics or physics in my job.
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I use more stats than I thought I wouldnot a great deal still.
More of what I use is things like partial differentials and finite difference and finite element, that sort of stuff.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:58,
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Most places in any industry run on statsbut no one understands them, which slightly annoys me but fuck it, if people did understand them I'd have to do an actual job.
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good attitude(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:11,
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I happen to know that a certain feline mugged b3tangot an A in his exam, which means he's off to university next year.
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give him a firm handshake as well(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:51,
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He did. It's all thanks to the support of his loving wife, of course.Last night was all hellish stress. We were up from 5am and at 7am he found out he got his A and he's been bouncing round the place ever since and is going to need a new pencil case for October.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:03,
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I didn't.I did half a business studies A-level and got out of there for a day-release database programmer job at £35 a week.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:48,
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I didn't do A levels.I got an ATAR score of 87.75 though, which was more than good enough to get me into my course. :D
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you were moaning that you were going to fail before every one of those exams as well I bet.(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:55, Reply)
nah, only in the first year.Second year I knew what was going on.
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*mumbles something about anal*(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:54,
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You could set your watch by the jokes in this place.Edit: Hah, now you look stupid.
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:55,
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it was posted at the same time as yours damn you(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:56,
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within the same minute at least(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:59,
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I did one year of A levelsThen left and got a job. All of my A level tutors were Grammar school teachers, so looked down on us lowly secondary modern oiks.
Cunts.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:00,
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Cunts? They were used to teaching bright kids. They were probably frustrated at trying to teach you lot how to chew food.
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I was considered bright you cunt.Just terribly lazy.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:07,
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I only got one, it was a DI'd stopped working halfway through lower VI, and just couldn't be arsed.
I thoroughly regret that.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:02,
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GCSE's are where it's at. No A levels for me. I did a year and then woman trouble and heightened body chemistry conspired to make me leave full time education.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:04,
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Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit - bar 'knock knock' jokes.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:06,
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Unless it's 'Idunnup' I am not interested.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:08,
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Go away. You're not needed.
Aren't there some rioters you could be arresting.
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The Comedy Police who are going to arrest Monty and stunned for being shit at knock knock jokeswhen everyone knows knock knock jokes are always exceptionally funny at all times.
I hope they both get raped in comedy prison.
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Particularly within the confines of a comedy prisonI imagine the rapists wear clown costumes or something.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:25,
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I heard they honk their red nosesas they're about to spray their hot spunk over Monty and Stunned's buttocks.
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I don't answer my door unless I'm expecting someone.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:13,
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Now I know what it must feel like to be an ex girlfriend of yours.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:15,
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*chucks bucket of urine and faeces out of upstairs window*(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:18,
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why, are you imaginary and/or inflateable?(
rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:21,
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A clever, funny man once said that sarcasm is not only the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intellect. If you are neither clever nor funny it's probably best to stick to knock-knock jokes.
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In that case...Knock knock
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:16,
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Thank you. Tell me...Have you considered letting Jesus into your life?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:21,
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I got CDEwhich, seeing as my A Levels coincided precicely with the golden era of rave, actually reveals me to be some kind of genius.
And really when your A Levels consist of Classical Civilisation, C15/16th History and English Literature, you're not exactly fast-tracking yourself into a HOT SHOT City job anyway.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:03,
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I bet you're still a DEMON IN THE SACK with a HOT BODY though.Aren't you?
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I DESERVE THE SACK and have HOT FLUSHES.Will that do?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:07,
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One of my Ds was Classics.I have never been a fan of academia.
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:05,
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You can't spell eitherClassics begins with a C, numbnuts.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:07,
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My idiot co-worker's child got C,C,U,UAHAHAHAHA. Apparently he's been kicked out of school - he's so shit they won't let him resit there.
I got A,A,C and a "2" in the Chemistry special paper.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:03,
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Really? You'd have thought the examiner would set the script on fire in despair by that point...(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:08, Reply)
I'm fairly sure that grading goes down to Gbefore you get to U. As I understand it, U means "ungradeable"
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:09,
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"Ungradeable" suggests they've written the entire exam in Swahili or somethingWhich would be an impressive feat for someone who previously only spoke English, even if it would ultimately be a waste of time.
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my dad got 4% in his o-level woodworki am pretty sure that was a U.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:20,
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Did he make it out of polystyrene and drinking straws or something?(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:23, Reply)
He got his knob out in the examand demanded the examiner 'work' his 'wood'.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:33,
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i think he said it was a dovetail jointand when the examiner picked it up to put it in the sack of things to be marked, it fell apart in his hand.
my dad's very bright and was very athletic back in the day ("the day" being about 1860), but my god he is fucking useless at anything like gardening or DIY.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:33,
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Doesn't that mean"didn't turn up to the exam" or at least "didn't write anything legible on the paper"
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'drew a spunking cock on his paper then walked out'(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:12,
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I just assumed it meant "doesn't have a fucking clue". I really have no idea how somebody can do so badly in a subject they've been in for two years. Even if they did no studying at all, surely something would sink in, even if only by accident.
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:13,
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you underestimate how stupid people can be(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:15,
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Your A level results suggest otherwise.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:16,
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Excellent A level results and the level of personal and professional achievement attained by an individual do not appear to be linked from what I can see.
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that's what I thinkalso, knowing how much work is required is a good skill to have.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:28,
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If you measure success by wealth (as most people do)even a cursory glance at those newspaper 'rich lists' (which are full of people like that cunt Philip Green) will tell you that you are completely right.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:30,
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that's because you get good grades and a good degreeand you go into a profession, like law, accountancy, dentistry etc. and you'll earn a very good salary. but you won't ever get stinking rich from it.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:34,
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Ditto scienceWhere it's possible to receive education and training from world-leading institutions in this country, yet if you try to stay in research, chances are you'll make bugger all as you hop desperately from grant to grant every few years.
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(Not that I'm worried or embittered by this state of affairs, of course...)(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:42, Reply)
it's true thougheven for teaching it. my brother did physics at durham. he'd have gone into teaching physics if it paid at all well. as it is, he went for accountancy. then they wonder why nobody decent wants to teach it, and why kids then loathe it.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:50,
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I too had a close brush with going into teachingI had a very generous bursary waved in front of my nose to train to teach for nine months in a couple of London schools.
That was before I realised they expected me to work like a bitch to get the qualification in the first place, before I'd end up looking after other people's kids on a salary that didn't look all that much better than your average post-doc.
Edit: Fucking hell, Durham's got a good science department as well - didn't berk study there? Just look at how much trouble she's had trying to move jobs.
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Youdon't look all that much better than your average post-op.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:58,
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I resisted the temptationTo say something about, "like mother like son". APPARENTLY that's fostering a hostile work environment.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:15,
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Are you sure he didn't get A,D,H,D?(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:08,
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AABBI insist on quoting them in that order lest people mistake me for Darth
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You only did 4 A-levels Crow? You let the school down, you let yourself down but more importantly you let ME down.
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Actually I did four-and-a-halfI was the second year group to go through the (slightly ridiculous) AS/A2 system, so I've also got a B in AS-level Critical Thinking. They made everyone do an extra AS in their second year, you see, and I was warned that the popular General Studies option was deemed by all universities and potential employers to be "fucking useless."
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No more useless than "Critical Thinking", I'm sureWhat the hell is it, anyway?
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:24,
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I'm still not sure myself. As far as I could tell it seemed to be a course of how to argue logicallyAlthough even the Philosophy teacher who taught us described it as "little more than mental masturbation."
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I find it strange that so many people of my age or older did 4 or more A levelseven the people who probably could or would have wanted to do so at my school weren't give the option as far as I know.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:30,
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To be honest, even though it seems to be of great importance when you're that ageBy the time you get to university, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference.
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Unless you're doing something like Viprosonce you've been working for a while, a degree means jack shit too.
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:54,
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So it was a qualification in "not being an imbecile", then?Surprisingly, I can see how that would be necessary.
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:33,
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I am an expert at it.It involves criticising everything.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:32,
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That's a nasty stutter you've got there.(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:10,
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A,A,A,B. i hate that fucking b. fucking latin. useless fucking subject.there is a guy who has started in our IT team who looks so much like psychochomp in various bash photos that the resemblance is quite frightening.
[insert generic insult about it being the face that is frightening here]
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:19,
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I got a B in GCSE English language which might humour some of you more pedantic language gippers.I did A level art history and printmaking theory. Passed them although I can't remember what grades I got.
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girlinthehole, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:28,
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I don't have any A levelsI left school at 16. But I am doctor.
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djtrialprice, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:28,
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You mishead them. What you are is in fact 'dog-turd'.Sorry to be the bearer etc
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:31,
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NoI'm enjoying touching myself at all hours of the day.
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djtrialprice, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:38,
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Despairingly besotted.=((((
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:42,
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Pretty much as gonz describedpssst, I hypnotised her
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djtrialprice, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:46,
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She's got all my love to get through firstBut after that 2 minutes is done, I'll be sure to pass yours on.
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djtrialprice, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:56,
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i didn't get any A-Levels, because I didn't drag my feet and continue school because it was an excuse to not get a job because I'm scared of the real world.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 11:42,
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If one were to continue that line of argument ad absurdumYou should have been sent down t' mines as soon as you were able.
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He waswhy do you think he loves apple gadgets and their backlit screens so much? They were the only light had had down in the tunnels.
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It would explain the excitementAs he can get a roaming signal on these devices now he's finally above ground
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I like the way that at any point in any time, unless I'm underground, even if I'm on a date with the girl of my dreams....... I can still go through your facebook photos and *sigh* that I'll never be as amazing as you are.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:12,
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I guess, following on from your 'following on' logic, if the reverse is true too, then nobody should do some kind of work until they know how everything in the world ever works.See, taking logic steps to extreme is silly.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:10,
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BBCC and an AS level that I don't talk aboutShould've done better but my now firmly-established lazy streak was embedding itself in my psyche by that point. However if I'd got better results I'd never have moved to Norwich and wouldn't have met Ms Foxtrot. I try not to remind her of this.
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Had you done better academicallyit would have been a great loss to the call centre industry.
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I want to call you a cheeky shiteBut until recently, you'd have been right
EDIT: hey that rhymes
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ACCback in the old days when I was undiagnosed mental and the exams were worth so much more, not like these days when anyone able to dribble and hold a crayon at the same time gets an A*, y'know. Besides, I have a PhD so I never have to tell anyone my 'A' Level results other than on here.
I jest about the standards - Catface worked his tiny little socks off for his A in Maths today.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:07,
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Catface is doing his A-levels and has a small baby? In Lewisham that would make him a late developer.
And the only person in the borough with a Maths A-level.
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He amazingly counts as a mature student,what with being an incredibly ancient 23.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:22,
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Catface is the same age as me?Fucking hell.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:24,
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Just thinkif you hadn't spent your time eating muncy boxes and wearing skirts, you could have come to London and copped off with a foxy Irish lass.
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And be a Dad already?I think it's best for all that this never happened.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:30,
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don't kid yourselfCatface at his least virile is infinitely more potent than you will ever be
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:31,
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Bloody hell I forgot how young he was.You mad cougar you!
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girlinthehole, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:31,
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Albert Marshmallow's back being creepy.www.b3ta.com/questions/firstrudething/post1324130
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Kroney, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:37,
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I got BDEEthe D and E being the two most important ones for the course I wanted to do, and the B for the subject I did the least work for. Ho hum. It's all worked out alright though.
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