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Shame the university takes itself so seriously. The illustrative example of overloading would have been pertinent to his subject of expertise.
by cucumber3732842 8mo ago
Shame the university takes itself so seriously. The illustrative example of overloading would have been pertinent to his subject of expertise.
- skybrian 8mo agoI mean, I like puns but they're a flash in the pan. Jokes get old after a while and you don't want to embed them in something fairly permanent like a building name.
- cucumber3732842 8mo ago"Surely you've all heard of the Hoare house on campus?" seems like a pretty timeless way to a) keep people from dozing off during that bit of lecture b) cause a whole bunch of people to remember who this guy was and what he did.
- yborg 8mo agoThis particular word for the oldest profession goes back to Old English. I am fairly sure it would outlive the building.
- skybrian 8mo agoIf the problem is when the joke lives on amusing undergrads long after you've tired of it, that just makes it worse.
- Lio 8mo agoWait until they hear about what Magpie Lane in Oxford used to be called. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie_Lane,_Oxford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie_Lane,_Oxford
- windward 8mo agoA 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.
- bell-cot 8mo ago"Hoare House" would trigger millions of idiots, from rude little children to pontifying alpha ideologues. In perpetuity. The University was correct in saying "nope" to the endless distractions, misery, and overhead of having to deal with that.