Oxford idiots
Finally, a post worthy of Idiotwatch. I'm going to publish it on here too because no one ever reads Idiotwatch, but perhaps that's because we never update it? Highly likely.
It is very rare that I ever agree on anything that is written in the Daily Mail, but today was different. Whilst taking in my daily recommended dosage of BBC Breakfast News, I noticed that the featured headline of the Mail was 'HORROR AT THE BRIDGE OF IDIOTS'. A cracking headline if ever there was one, though sadly the online edition has a different headline.
But who are the idiots? Not, as you may expect from the Mail, Tony Blair and his cronies (ho-ho!), but the elite intelligentsia of Britain; namely the students of Oxford University. It seems that every May 1st it is tradition to jump from Magdalen Bridge into the River Cherwell, and it seems that this year was no exception. But herein lies the idiocy: the water was only three feet deep, which resulted in broken legs and ankles for those poor (stupid) people who jumped in first. You'd think that the sight of the first jumpers writhing around in three foot deep water with mangled limbs would be enough to discourage everyone else, but apparently not. A further twelve people jumped in and surprise surprise, they also received severe leg injuries.
People at Oxford are supposed to be smart. I would expect this sort of behaviour from students from the University of Derby, or people who wanted to commit suicide, but not from Oxford.
I fully expect the Daily Mail to resume its usual diet of lies, sentimental drivel, complaining about a decline in morality, or stirring up a hatred of foreigners tomorrow, so go to Mailwatch instead.
It is very rare that I ever agree on anything that is written in the Daily Mail, but today was different. Whilst taking in my daily recommended dosage of BBC Breakfast News, I noticed that the featured headline of the Mail was 'HORROR AT THE BRIDGE OF IDIOTS'. A cracking headline if ever there was one, though sadly the online edition has a different headline.
But who are the idiots? Not, as you may expect from the Mail, Tony Blair and his cronies (ho-ho!), but the elite intelligentsia of Britain; namely the students of Oxford University. It seems that every May 1st it is tradition to jump from Magdalen Bridge into the River Cherwell, and it seems that this year was no exception. But herein lies the idiocy: the water was only three feet deep, which resulted in broken legs and ankles for those poor (stupid) people who jumped in first. You'd think that the sight of the first jumpers writhing around in three foot deep water with mangled limbs would be enough to discourage everyone else, but apparently not. A further twelve people jumped in and surprise surprise, they also received severe leg injuries.
People at Oxford are supposed to be smart. I would expect this sort of behaviour from students from the University of Derby, or people who wanted to commit suicide, but not from Oxford.
I fully expect the Daily Mail to resume its usual diet of lies, sentimental drivel, complaining about a decline in morality, or stirring up a hatred of foreigners tomorrow, so go to Mailwatch instead.
posted by Sven at 10:53 PM
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