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yborg
5 days ago
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Tony Hoare has died
This particular word for the oldest profession goes back to Old English. I am fairly sure it would outlive the building.
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skybrian
5 days ago
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If the problem is when the joke lives on amusing undergrads long after you've tired of it, that just makes it worse.
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Lio
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Wait until they hear about what Magpie Lane in Oxford used to be called.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie_Lane,_Oxford
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windward
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A historical bawdy pun is one of the most Oxfordian things I can think of. If we can incorporate a man in drag, we're in real business.
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