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08-08-2004, 05:19 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> As far as I'm aware, the
> campaign failed, and the meathooks are still there, in the passage
> between the Seeley and the new Divinity building. And as far as I'm
> aware, they're always full.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Too bad; I was whimsically envisioning ways to make those
meathooks musical, clanging against each other, when not in use.
Maybe if they were artsie-fartsie'd up a bit, it might at least
cheer people up about having to use 'em.

If there's a big ol' bronze statue of Newton handy somewhere
around there, I'd feel /so/ compelled to lock my bike to that -
just 'cuz it seems so apropos somehow. Especially if I could
lock my bike to his ankle, like a ball-&-chain. But no doubt
some stuffed shirt would complain about it.

cheers,
Tom

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08-08-2004, 05:52 PM

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:19:24 -0700, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>
>> As far as I'm aware, the
>> campaign failed, and the meathooks are still there, in the passage
>> between the Seeley and the new Divinity building. And as far as I'm
>> aware, they're always full.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Too bad; I was whimsically envisioning ways to make those
>meathooks musical, clanging against each other, when not in use.
>Maybe if they were artsie-fartsie'd up a bit, it might at least
>cheer people up about having to use 'em.

The meathooks had uncomfortable resonances with the last days of
Mussolini--but then, you're dealing with the History faculty, and we
were the only people to worry much about Mussolini anyway.

>
>If there's a big ol' bronze statue of Newton handy somewhere
>around there, I'd feel /so/ compelled to lock my bike to that -
>just 'cuz it seems so apropos somehow. Especially if I could
>lock my bike to his ankle, like a ball-&-chain. But no doubt
>some stuffed shirt would complain about it.

Funnily enough, there isn't. And someone would probably tell you to
move your bike, eventually. Cambridge is so very proper like that.

And it isn't the stuffiness of the shirt as much as the length of the
gown that you've got to worry about. (Incidentally, cycling with an
undergraduate gown on, on your way to Hall in college, is great
fun--if preposterously non-aero)

Although there is a war memorial--a bas-relief in wall of Great St.
Mary's Church, on the outside, facing the market square--in memory of
the dead of the Great War, showing two soldiers standing solemly, arms
reversed. It's fun to lock your bike up against that--one gets the
impression that they're guarding your bike....

-Luigi

>
>
>cheers,
> Tom

08-08-2004, 05:52 PM

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:19:24 -0700, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>
>> As far as I'm aware, the
>> campaign failed, and the meathooks are still there, in the passage
>> between the Seeley and the new Divinity building. And as far as I'm
>> aware, they're always full.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Too bad; I was whimsically envisioning ways to make those
>meathooks musical, clanging against each other, when not in use.
>Maybe if they were artsie-fartsie'd up a bit, it might at least
>cheer people up about having to use 'em.

The meathooks had uncomfortable resonances with the last days of
Mussolini--but then, you're dealing with the History faculty, and we
were the only people to worry much about Mussolini anyway.

>
>If there's a big ol' bronze statue of Newton handy somewhere
>around there, I'd feel /so/ compelled to lock my bike to that -
>just 'cuz it seems so apropos somehow. Especially if I could
>lock my bike to his ankle, like a ball-&-chain. But no doubt
>some stuffed shirt would complain about it.

Funnily enough, there isn't. And someone would probably tell you to
move your bike, eventually. Cambridge is so very proper like that.

And it isn't the stuffiness of the shirt as much as the length of the
gown that you've got to worry about. (Incidentally, cycling with an
undergraduate gown on, on your way to Hall in college, is great
fun--if preposterously non-aero)

Although there is a war memorial--a bas-relief in wall of Great St.
Mary's Church, on the outside, facing the market square--in memory of
the dead of the Great War, showing two soldiers standing solemly, arms
reversed. It's fun to lock your bike up against that--one gets the
impression that they're guarding your bike....

-Luigi

>
>
>cheers,
> Tom

08-08-2004, 05:52 PM

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:19:24 -0700, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>
>> As far as I'm aware, the
>> campaign failed, and the meathooks are still there, in the passage
>> between the Seeley and the new Divinity building. And as far as I'm
>> aware, they're always full.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Too bad; I was whimsically envisioning ways to make those
>meathooks musical, clanging against each other, when not in use.
>Maybe if they were artsie-fartsie'd up a bit, it might at least
>cheer people up about having to use 'em.

The meathooks had uncomfortable resonances with the last days of
Mussolini--but then, you're dealing with the History faculty, and we
were the only people to worry much about Mussolini anyway.

>
>If there's a big ol' bronze statue of Newton handy somewhere
>around there, I'd feel /so/ compelled to lock my bike to that -
>just 'cuz it seems so apropos somehow. Especially if I could
>lock my bike to his ankle, like a ball-&-chain. But no doubt
>some stuffed shirt would complain about it.

Funnily enough, there isn't. And someone would probably tell you to
move your bike, eventually. Cambridge is so very proper like that.

And it isn't the stuffiness of the shirt as much as the length of the
gown that you've got to worry about. (Incidentally, cycling with an
undergraduate gown on, on your way to Hall in college, is great
fun--if preposterously non-aero)

Although there is a war memorial--a bas-relief in wall of Great St.
Mary's Church, on the outside, facing the market square--in memory of
the dead of the Great War, showing two soldiers standing solemly, arms
reversed. It's fun to lock your bike up against that--one gets the
impression that they're guarding your bike....

-Luigi

>
>
>cheers,
> Tom

08-08-2004, 05:52 PM

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:19:24 -0700, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>
>> As far as I'm aware, the
>> campaign failed, and the meathooks are still there, in the passage
>> between the Seeley and the new Divinity building. And as far as I'm
>> aware, they're always full.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Too bad; I was whimsically envisioning ways to make those
>meathooks musical, clanging against each other, when not in use.
>Maybe if they were artsie-fartsie'd up a bit, it might at least
>cheer people up about having to use 'em.

The meathooks had uncomfortable resonances with the last days of
Mussolini--but then, you're dealing with the History faculty, and we
were the only people to worry much about Mussolini anyway.

>
>If there's a big ol' bronze statue of Newton handy somewhere
>around there, I'd feel /so/ compelled to lock my bike to that -
>just 'cuz it seems so apropos somehow. Especially if I could
>lock my bike to his ankle, like a ball-&-chain. But no doubt
>some stuffed shirt would complain about it.

Funnily enough, there isn't. And someone would probably tell you to
move your bike, eventually. Cambridge is so very proper like that.

And it isn't the stuffiness of the shirt as much as the length of the
gown that you've got to worry about. (Incidentally, cycling with an
undergraduate gown on, on your way to Hall in college, is great
fun--if preposterously non-aero)

Although there is a war memorial--a bas-relief in wall of Great St.
Mary's Church, on the outside, facing the market square--in memory of
the dead of the Great War, showing two soldiers standing solemly, arms
reversed. It's fun to lock your bike up against that--one gets the
impression that they're guarding your bike....

-Luigi

>
>
>cheers,
> Tom

08-08-2004, 05:52 PM

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:19:24 -0700, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>
>> As far as I'm aware, the
>> campaign failed, and the meathooks are still there, in the passage
>> between the Seeley and the new Divinity building. And as far as I'm
>> aware, they're always full.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Too bad; I was whimsically envisioning ways to make those
>meathooks musical, clanging against each other, when not in use.
>Maybe if they were artsie-fartsie'd up a bit, it might at least
>cheer people up about having to use 'em.

The meathooks had uncomfortable resonances with the last days of
Mussolini--but then, you're dealing with the History faculty, and we
were the only people to worry much about Mussolini anyway.

>
>If there's a big ol' bronze statue of Newton handy somewhere
>around there, I'd feel /so/ compelled to lock my bike to that -
>just 'cuz it seems so apropos somehow. Especially if I could
>lock my bike to his ankle, like a ball-&-chain. But no doubt
>some stuffed shirt would complain about it.

Funnily enough, there isn't. And someone would probably tell you to
move your bike, eventually. Cambridge is so very proper like that.

And it isn't the stuffiness of the shirt as much as the length of the
gown that you've got to worry about. (Incidentally, cycling with an
undergraduate gown on, on your way to Hall in college, is great
fun--if preposterously non-aero)

Although there is a war memorial--a bas-relief in wall of Great St.
Mary's Church, on the outside, facing the market square--in memory of
the dead of the Great War, showing two soldiers standing solemly, arms
reversed. It's fun to lock your bike up against that--one gets the
impression that they're guarding your bike....

-Luigi

>
>
>cheers,
> Tom