Queen Pixyteri - Thread #1
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Axiom said:
Just seconding (thirding)? the "would wear this" vote for this skirt. Maybe not to work, because not all university students appreciate style (which is a polite way of saying they turn up for class in pajama bottoms and flip-flops), but I would absolutely work this with my diced balmoral and 20-eye Docs.
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NobleGreyHorse said:Just seconding (thirding)? the "would wear this" vote for this skirt. Maybe not to work, because not all university students appreciate style (which is a polite way of saying they turn up for class in pajama bottoms and flip-flops), but I would absolutely work this with my diced balmoral and 20-eye Docs.
They seriously do that at your uni? They'd be turned away from lectures if they had done that at my university!
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So they do. This is the US, and they pay for these educations in some fashion -- many scholarships, including the athletic ones, require the student to maintain a certain grade average -- and so they apply the same mentality to us as they would a McDonald's or a movie theater: they've paid to be here, therefore they are going to wear anything they damn well please. Note that this doesn't apply to all, or even the majority of, students, and the weather has forced most people into proper footwear: cheap thong sandals + ice = ouch. But it's really disconcerting to put all of this preparation into getting ready for work, marking quizzes and essays, every type of preparation from lecture notes to fleecy tights, and discover that the person is still in their pajamas by the time my 4 pm class rolls around.
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Axiom said:
She needs a better dress, and a pair of shoes that cover more her old-lady feet... other than that she would look pretty damn decent, she just need to get over the fact that she's not Tomoko Kawase or the KAWAII QUEEN OF COSPLAY!! and that she will never be... ever, basically, she needs to stop being Pixyteri.
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NobleGreyHorse said:
Hey they pay for it in England too (we're not those commies over Hadrian's Wall!
) but the lecturers want some standards so they say no flip flops and no pajamas (unless it's a charity event).Then again I took a science degree, so safety standards ban open toed shoes straight away. I just turned up in battered Converse, a T-shirt and jeans everyday, suited them and me fine.
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My summer job is at a Renaissance Faire. We can't have open-toed shoes either for many safety reasons, including the gravel path just below our front gate (and the fact that we have roaming sellers pulling ice chests of water bottles, etc. on wheeled wagons -- you name it, there's a feet hazard). Some of last year's newest peasants were bitterly disappointed that they couldn't wear Birkenstock sandals. Because those were so 1588.
I have orthopedic problems and had to spring for the side-laced boots because they have a thick, cushy sole. I actually had ghillies but they don't perform on gravel. Speaking of, the commies over Hadrian's Wall will be demanding your passport to cross into their country in about five minutes. The constant Bannockburn propaganda is going to put that final push into undecided voters. But that's a thread for General.
I have orthopedic problems and had to spring for the side-laced boots because they have a thick, cushy sole. I actually had ghillies but they don't perform on gravel. Speaking of, the commies over Hadrian's Wall will be demanding your passport to cross into their country in about five minutes. The constant Bannockburn propaganda is going to put that final push into undecided voters. But that's a thread for General.
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NobleGreyHorse said:Speaking of, the commies over Hadrian's Wall will be demanding your passport to cross into their country in about five minutes. The constant Bannockburn propaganda is going to put that final push into undecided voters. But that's a thread for General.
Other way, Scots have no plans after independence.
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A gentleman I know from Barra intends to "get fookin' droonk anyway." How can you say that's not a plan! 
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After enough wee drams pressed on him by people who think it's extremely unlucky not to pay the piper (he is a piper), he may not care. That, or shortbread suddenly becomes a globally traded currency.
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Whaddya mean no currency? Forget the euro. Forget the pound. The traditional, and preferred, medium of exchange in Scotland has always been whisky. And for good reason. The value of pounds and dollars and euros in the bank will slowly be stolen through inflation, but a good cask of single malt will only gain value over time.CWCissey said:
Last time I had to hire a piper I also gave him a bottle of single malt. He took it gladly, but only after tearing up his check.NobleGreyHorse said:
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