Ah, exams...
At Oxford there is a tradition of wearing a carnation to exams, white for the first, pink for the ones in between, and red for the last.
My red one has died. This is somewhat of a bad omen (luckily the last exam counts for pretty much nothing).

Any of the rest of you have any strange superstitions?
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 15:49, 59 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

I used to believe that
Oxford and Cambridge University were better than the other red brick Universities.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 15:54, Reply)

for me
the choice was more on where to live than where to study. I just preferred LMH to Imperial or Warwick. Plus being only a few miles from JET/MAST could be useful for getting summer placements (went on a tour there, but didn't get to see much since MAST was running, and they aren't allowed let you anywhere near JET)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:05, Reply)

*snubs your Oxfordness from his shitty little office at Imperial*

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:52, Reply)

We drank white rum before the first exam

Pink champagne for the middle ones.

and bloody mary's at the end.

More fun only slightly less gay
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 15:55, Reply)

You drank pink champagne though
So only slighty, very slightly.
( Captain V, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:01, Reply)

I've been wearing my mother's ring to every exam
Along with the owl necklace she gave me last year too

It's not going to work, though.

mumblemumbleoxfordpahmumble

/cries
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:03, Reply)

Yes
I always beat Oxbridge benders to within an inch of their lives whenever they post smug self-congratulatory questions on B3ta.

It's just a crazy superstition I have.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:04, Reply)

Apologies for percieved smugness,
but since about the only other thing happening at the moment is an extension of the list of permanent medical problems I have, this one led to a more interesting question at the end.
And yes, Oxford is much the same as other uni's, just with excessive poshness, which is why I went for the smallish, laid back, out of the way college, to avoid the hacks, rahs and other smug bastards.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:21, Reply)

My father lectures at Oxford from time to time
I have no problem with it whatsoever, I'm just being an internet bastard.


Sorry
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:26, Reply)

^^
smug self-congratulatory Oxbridge post on B3ta
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:27, Reply)

Touché
*beats self to within inch of my life*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:44, Reply)

No worries,
I am actually ludicrously smug, I'm just being an internet normal person
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:30, Reply)

I wear red knickers
Every time I have an exam. Seems to work.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:07, Reply)

an exam a hot date
(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:09, Reply)

Funny you should say that,
When I do go on a date/to a party etc, provided I wear a certain set of underwear, I'm pretty much guaranteed to pull. They're red too.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:17, Reply)

harumph!!
you told me you weren't wearing any when we went out

/delusional
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:20, Reply)

Lets be honest here
it's not the pants is it.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:24, Reply)

No, it's the bra as well
:D
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:26, Reply)

:p
ha ha ha ha ha
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:28, Reply)

red no
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:10, Reply)

strikethroughs are great
great shit
(PsychoChomp, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:17, Reply)

strikethroughs PsychoChomp
(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:23, Reply)

Erm, this is going to sound a bit stupid,
but how do you do strikethroughs?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:27, Reply)

<s>stuff you want a line through</s>
easy as pie.

Mmmmm pie
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:29, Reply)

Thanks!

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:31, Reply)

pie Captain V
( Captain V, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:43, Reply)

YOu are
pretty easy
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:53, Reply)

And I bet you were mmmmmmming over me too
But yea, I am pretty damn easy.
( Captain V, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:58, Reply)

I'm going to learn karate before tomorrow just so I can beat you up
you massive bully
(PsychoChomp, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:30, Reply)

I had a really silly superstition when I sat exams
I used to revise beforehand - silly, I know.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:09, Reply)

That's just fucking crazy

(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:09, Reply)

I know!
I'm crazy and mad, me!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:37, Reply)

You
rebel :p
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:20, Reply)

When I shag your mum
I ALWAYS have a biscuit after.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:09, Reply)

Hmm...
Is that to get the taste of worms out of your mouth though?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:13, Reply)

Not your mum silly!
I just play with her a bit.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:13, Reply)

...
Is it worth the dig that way?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:17, Reply)

Not really to be fair
But I like the smell
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:18, Reply)

that'd be why you go for mine then
much the same smell, but no digging required
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:22, Reply)

Isn't that a joke
about why someone was so fat
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:29, Reply)

Similar..
Glenn McGrath said it to Otto Brandes

GM: Why are you so fat?
OB : Because every time I fuck your wife, she gives me a biscuit.

Got to love the cricketers!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:43, Reply)

When I had exams
I always wore my lucky pulling pants.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:15, Reply)

Did you ever pull in an exam?

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:24, Reply)

Nope,
but did pass them :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Surprised no one has done strikethroughs here.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:57, Reply)

strikethroughs obvious jokes
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:13, Reply)

obvious jokes you
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:22, Reply)

I'm not
Noone ever seems to want to do me
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:31, Reply)

I like to wear my lucky red pants
when I'm walking to the South Pole for Charity, or when I'm flying my TOP GUN plane. I'm so hard I don't even need a G-Suit.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:39, Reply)

I didn't even need pants
I did it naked.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:45, Reply)

pah
I did it with my skin on inside out, and walked back - uphill both ways!
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:47, Reply)

But I bet DiT didn't get penis frostbite,
Thanks to his lucky red pants.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:50, Reply)

It was not the pants.
I drove behind him and kept his clockweights warm with the heat from the throbbing engine of my Honda Accord.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:56, Reply)

I didn't get penis frostbite because of the string of page 3 girls who spent the entire journey sucking my cock.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Technically then,
You weren't naked, were you?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:58, Reply)

He was wearing them like a glove
like a instead of a
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 16:59, Reply)

I had one on each fist.
It kept my hands warm, but they got all wrinkly, like when you've been in the bath too long.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:01, Reply)

Your hands,
Or the girls?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:07, Reply)

Must have been the girls
They got old and wrinkly and saggy in the time it took him to walk the few tens of miles to the South Pole because he is slow.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:10, Reply)