Er, no

Overheard in Oxford:

Blackwells Theology Department, Friday, 4pm. Two young women, apparently students (hopefully not of theology).

First Girl (seeing a book): Oh, Thomas Merton. I've always wondered if that's who Merton College is named after.
Second Girl: Yeah, maybe...


Sigh.

Merton College
Thomas Merton

Overheard

Caffe Nero, Oxford High St, 4pm.

Undergraduate #1, casually: How's your day been?
Undergraduate #2, equally casually: I realised I don't understand the second half of Plato's Republic. You?