18 Things That Only Exeter Students Will Understand
The Obstacle Course That Is The Walk Onto Campus(01 of18)
Cardiac Hill. Forum Hill. All the hills. They require a quick pep talk to yourself at the bottom ('Come on. Keep it together. You can do this. COME ON!) to muster new and untapped reserves of energy. It's all about powering through and ignoring the screaming pain in every part of your body. (credit:Getty Images)
Residual Hill Sweat(02 of18)
When you've conquered the hill you think the worst is over. It's just begun. Now the sweat pouring freely into your eyes, down your back and gathering in the folds of your jumper is exposed to the whole of campus. They look at you smugly. 'Ha'! they seem to say. Their sweat already dried twenty minutes ago. (credit:Getty Images)
Gatwick Airport - Sorry I mean The Forum(03 of18)
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The Tinkly Forum Piano(04 of18)
Where is it coming from? Who is doing this?! A thousand faces, the picture of confusion, are cocked to the ceiling, as some idiot stumbles through a concerto by Bach. WHAT DOES THIS NOISE MEAN?! It means the Forum sounds like a fairground ride from hell. (credit:Getty Images)
'Spotted In The Forum' Fear(05 of18)
It's a great Facebook group, it really is. Especially when there's a big essay lurking on the horizon. But, as much as we love cackling at other people's embarrassment and the public shame that comes with tagging them in the post, we don't want it to be us. So no crazy clothes. And absolutely no falling over. (credit:Facebook)
The terrible sense of loss you feel now that the 35p energy drinks are gone. Red Bull just does't hit the spot.(06 of18)
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Vic Street Noise(07 of18)
Any Vic Street resident, before moving in, will have been regaled with tales of how busy and loud it is at night. Well, it IS busy and loud. What they didn't tell you though, is that it is possible to hear full conversations. On a Lemmy night, a guy trying to get a girl back - 'No, like, just say voulez vous couches avec moi!' 'But what does that even mean??!' 'Just say it!'. Endless hours of amusement. (credit:Gettystock Images)
Co - op Fitties(08 of18)
Its a curious, but entirely true, fact that all good looking boys in Exeter gather in the queue at Co-op on Pennsylvania Road. What is this mysterious pull that gravitates them to the bargain box? No-one knows, but it means if you want to pick up a pint of milk you have to look stunningly breathtaking. (credit:Getty Images)
Terrifying Locals(09 of18)
There's a bit of a stigma about a certain part of town. In the Sidwell street area, away from the shiny newness of John Lewis, it is rumored that the most terrifying of locals gather. In reality, they're all very nice. But the place still reeks of menace. (credit:Google Images)
Keeping a wide berth of all the old man pubs. The King Billy and your dodgy karaoke nights - we're looking at you.(10 of18)
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The Unbearable Stench of Arena(11 of18)
Did someone drop dead in the cloakroom? Leave a hunk of cheddar behind the DJ booth? NO. It is just the indefinable smell of that carpet. Please. Spare just £1 for the Arena Stink Foundation and let the manager rip out and replace all the carpets. (credit:Getty Images)
Going to EX4 once in freshers of first year and then never, ever again.(12 of18)
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The Queues for Mosaic(13 of18)
You queue outside for 45 minutes. Then you endure a nice ten minutes of shuffling too slow to be visible to the naked eye to get upstairs. All of this while not even drunk, because you said you would get there for 9. To beat the queues. (credit:Getty Images)
People's reactions to you saying you go to Exeter University - 'Oh, Exeter! That's nice! (Oxbridge reject)'.(14 of18)
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Other people's reactions to you saying you go to Exeter UNiversity - 'Sorry, Essex? Leicester?'(15 of18)
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The Famous Firehouse Pizzas(16 of18)
Cheap, yummy and above all, GIGANTIC. They make Firehouse what it is - a pub with lots of fairy lights where you can eat your body weight in pizza dough. (credit:Getty Images)
Is It a Brothel/ Is it Not a Brothel?(17 of18)
That weird Thai spa salon in the Danes road area. Many a myth floats around this establishment. Does it harbour a dark secret or is it genuinely a place people go to for massages? (credit:Gettystock Images )
The Frenzy To Make The Most Of The Beach(18 of18)
The minute a bit of watery sun shines through a chink in the clouds, a disembodied voice cries 'LET'S ALL GO TO THE BEACH!' You want to make all your friends at Birmingham and Manchester, with their stupid city universities, jealous. And when you live so close to Exmouth, it would be wrong not to take the half an hour train ride to kick a ball about on a bit of sand. (credit:Gettystock Images)