'When you guys left the ratio of right thinking folk to Londoners reached painful levels.' - trés amusant :)

I am a supporter of the monarchy insofar that they're an extremely powerful symbol and probably one of the few constants of 'British' national identity. Certainly worth keeping. Obviously they have good eggs and bad. I happen to think very highly of Elizabeth II. Like Octavious I have also technically sworn the oath, although it was only in the capacity of a university OTC.

Salmond is a slippery liar in my opinion. The majority of his arguments about Scottish independence are bunk, based on fantasy and pig-headed anglophobia. His personal integrity leaves something to be desired, even in a politician.

I would love to see the Irish rejoin the club. I like Irish people and think they have an enormous amount to contribute. I have always thought that the British Isles together is far stronger and better off than the British Isles divided. We share a great deal of heritage and culture.

Ah, the carefree days of the OTC. The Wednesdays out in the gentle rain, the weekends out in the heavy rain, and the summer weeks out in the torrential downpours! How I miss them...

What part of the country where you? I was at Wyvern barracks with the Exeter and Plymouth uni lot.

@Hereward, i'm all for a strengthening of the Union, i think that the shared culture and heritage is a great thing, and economic prosperity will come from a better fairer union.

But then i'm talking about Europe not the British Isles...

@ Ora

I struggle to find a shared culture and heritage with nations that have failed to grasp the concept of a pub. If the EU could be divided between those who appreciate good beer and those more likely to enthuse about the delights of eating strange things scraped off the seabed and drowned in olive oil, I could quite possibly get behind the idea.

I was also at Wyvern barracks with the Exeter and Plymouth lot. I went to Exeter, Streatham Campus. What a small world we live in.

I find I share very little with Europeans. All the EU is really is a construct to stop the French and Germans killing one another, which is in opposition to the traditional British policy!

@ Hereward

I'm convinced that the only reason Lukies where allowed to exist was so that Exeter could claim to have multiple campuses. In reality Streatham was pretty much it. I'm convinced those rumours of a place in Cornwall were completely made up for the same reason.

Oh Exeter.
Oh Exeter!
Is wonderful.
Is wonderful!
Oh Exeter is wonderful.
It's full of tits, fanny and football.
Oh Exeter is wonderful.

(a bit of culture there for our foreign friends ;) )

Everyone jabbering on about 'Apps' instead of applications or programs or uses... It's even sneaking into areas it has no business being, as in: 'hey do you have an APP for that screwdriver?', you can't believe how much this FUCKING PISSES ME OFF!

Some days I get so tired playing with my i-phone I feel like a mid-afternoon snooze, I've heard you can get a nap for that

I went to 'The Bop' once with a Lukie, it was like a school disco.

Ahem, yes I do recall that rhyme. I have friends who STILL E-G every drink they have.

You mean you don't?

I have to admit I reserve it for special occasions these days

I'm something of a heretic, I never saw the point. It was a little obsessional.

Shame. You'll be telling me next you never bothered doing the Topsham Ten!

"Some days I get so tired playing with my i-phone I feel like a mid-afternoon snooze, I've heard you can get a nap for that "

Oh my God!!!! Nigee actually posted something that made me smile and chuckle a little! Holy fuck!

It was a mistake ...... won't happen again !!

I think I did the Topsham Ten, my memory of that evening blurs.

"It was a mistake ...... won't happen again !!"

Good. It has been proven that smiling causes wrinkles and too much smiling leads to one having a tell at the poker table.