Comments | gingerdavid: One of those WTF moments

gingerdavid

One of those WTF moments

Mar 30, 2009 19:31

Poll question at the web site of the Cambridge Evening News, the local newspaper here in Cambridge:
Should a bus station be built on Christ's Pieces?

Comments 5

bdouville March 31 2009, 00:10:32 UTC

I apologize for my execrable ignorance, but could you explain what "Christ's Pieces" is? I'm assuming that it's land (probably a green?) that belong's to Christ's College?

gingerdavid March 31 2009, 05:01:14 UTC

You'll have to forgive my sense of humour. Before I moved to Cambridge, I would have been equally baffled.

Christ's Pieces is indeed a green adjacent to Christ's College. It's not to be confused with Jesus Green, which is next to Jesus College.

tko_ak March 31 2009, 07:22:23 UTC

For a country with such a secular population, y'all sure have a lot of things named after our Lord and Savio(u)r.

gingerdavid March 31 2009, 18:44:34 UTC

In fairness, Christ's College was founded in 1505 and Jesus College in 1496, so they pre-date England's decline into heathenism by more than 450 years.

halogencycle April 7 2009, 09:31:51 UTC

Christ's Pieces sounds like a tasty snack food.