Written on the slide was "Edinburgh Anthony and Sheila 16-6-72".
Hey ! It is fifty years to the day ! Nice.
Bonus - Gouverneur Morris, the author of the final draft of the US Constitution, died from internal injuries after inserting a whale bone into is penis in an attempt to clear a urinary tract blockage.
At Alvaston University and School of Butchery (in Derby, England) the end of year exams have extra pressure. The student with the lowest passing score in the English Culture 101 syllabus has to march around the building in full graduation regalia, and accompanied by his college mentor who must be dressed in "Thee tightest of tightest shortes".
No-one knows the background story but shown above is student Phillip Longton, with mentor Prof William de Hubblewick, rocking the shorts and socks combo.
Bonus - The curious story of the Raines Sandwich
"This way, Chad. No, Towards the camera ! "
Honestly, some of these media studies graduates are a little, umm, thick. Except, as this slide dates from the mid-sixties, it was probably a degree in Retail Management or something. Also, why do the old guys i these sort of shots always look like Martin Scorcese gangsters ?
Bonus - A real-life bouncy Tiggr
The problem with Tedious Tuesday as a posting theme is that one man's tedious is another man's highpoint of his life.
I mean, this slide. Utterly dull. Without merit. Unless you're related, in which case "...look there's Jeff ! There, in the black gown....two ahead of the chap with the mortarboard. And look, just behind him...isn't that Dan Marino's cousin?"
See. Dull.
