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Is there a bigger ripoff than the college gown?

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  • #52
    Putin
    Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭Putin


    Graduated in the UK, measurements were given to the faculty office in advance. Turned up on the day and was given my gown and hat thingy. Gave them back at the end and it cost me nothing.


  • #53
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    OneArt wrote: »
    It's all one can afford though. Except once a month when you can go down the butcher's and get a soggy kidney pie as a treat.
    If you're buying food at the butcher's it should be of better quality than a supermarket therefore why so the sogginess? Or are you totally exaggerating everything to the point where everything seems bad?


  • #54
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    eternal wrote: »
    Do I need to bring the pins with me? Thanks for your reply too btw.

    Nope we have them there, wouldn't hurt to have an extra one or two though!


  • #55
    gutenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭gutenberg


    Well OP at least you don't have to buy the gown: at my university in the UK, they're used for all sorts of occasions aside from graduation, so we just get told to buy one when we start. New they can be £100+, though there is a secondhand market. On top of that we have to pay to hire the hood for the actual graduation then :p


  • #56
    signostic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,879 ✭✭✭signostic


    Get the gown but do a Patch Adams on the day....



  • #57
    twinytwo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    Laois6556 wrote: »
    Who says you have to wear a gown? Just wear your pennies clothes and they have some nice hats on sale for a fiver. You can throw that in the air when the other losers are throwing the stupid looking things. If any of the fellas say anything to you say 'I like the dress tranny' and if any of the girls say anything tell them that they look fat.

    In ucc anyway you cant get conferred at the ceremony without the gown, so you only option is get it or dont go.

    The whole thing is a face


  • #58
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,495 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    What sort of useless waste of time degree did you do that even after graduating you cannot figure out why it costs money to rent an item of clothing?


  • #59
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    here you go O/P


    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Jostens-Black-Graduation-Judge-Minister-Clergy-Choir-Gown-Robe-510-6-Master-/181551099494?pt=US_Reenactment_Theater&hash=item2a4549ee66


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