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1. 5 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   I love Wallace’s mum

2. 5 days ago on Luann

   It’s not a bad idea to actively try to have new experiences – they don’t have to be big things. A friend who recently turned 70 decided to have 70 new experiences in the coming year.

3. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I am in the UK

4. 7 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Liverpool Hope Uni awards a 3rd class degree with a 40-49% ‘pass’ mark. Ok, so it’s one example, but I have to go to work now!

5. 7 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   It will take a while to track down where we read it – it was while Himself was doing his degree, and an article compared different degrees from different universities, and showed the marking system. An astonishing number gave a pass at less than 50%. Someone I once worked with someone who cheerfully stated that their tutor did the final work in their graphic design degree.

6. 8 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I have no idea! In the past if you failed an exam, you failed it, and that was that. Oh yes, and a pass mark was well over 50%. Now you get a pass on some degrees with well under 50% – which, to me, seems crazy. And it’s insulting to those persons who work hard at their studies, do original research, and attain a good degree in a meaningful subject.

7. 8 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Most university students have just a handful of lectures a week; and in any event going to university now appears to be all about the fun and social side. I am all in favour of tertiary education but I would prefer to see two year degrees (except obvs for subjects which are already heavy going). I know some students who are re-doing their last year for the third time…

8. 9 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I so love this little sequence – it’s just so much fun the way the chap goes into Olde English style.

9. 13 days ago on Speed Bump

   The fish are scared of being eaten by the shark, so they are joining the diver in his cage on the grounds that the cage is protecting the human, so it can protect them too.

10. 13 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    Except we know John uses porn. Maybe he has got so inured to it that these milder images just trigger his dentist response. Anyway, the whole sequence is meant to be an amusing joke, and it works.