Jack Oliver

@jackolivergb

Classics teacher, Olympian (modern not ancient), man trying to learn Old English.

Joined June 2012

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Jack Oliver
@jackolivergb
Jul 31, 2021
“The beautiful is as useful as the useful” - Victor Hugo. If only people could understand that.
Tim Farron
@timfarron
Jul 30, 2021
Hmm. It’s elite because only people who are guaranteed successful careers thanks to family connections, can afford to waste time on a subject whose only practical application is in understanding some of the dialogue in Asterix books… telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/3…
Jack Oliver
@jackolivergb
Jul 31, 2021
Use trigonometry often do you? Or knowledge of the blast furnace?
Tim Farron
@timfarron
Jul 30, 2021
Hmm. It’s elite because only people who are guaranteed successful careers thanks to family connections, can afford to waste time on a subject whose only practical application is in understanding some of the dialogue in Asterix books… telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/3…
Jack Oliver
@jackolivergb
Jul 13, 2021
@AsdaServiceTeam been waiting for online delivery today while in isolation. Waited by door all day and nothing. Called up, and was told driver arrived and waited 9 minutes for us. You should try getting more honest drivers.
Jack Oliver
@jackolivergb
Jul 11, 2021
This makes no sense. How about “we Kane, we saw, we conquered”
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Jack Oliver
@jackolivergb
Jan 31, 2021
I’m getting my kitchen replastered and losing my chalk wall. I wrote a goodbye message on it then got carried away and it turned into a GCSE literature introduction for next term...