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18 October 2012

I wanted to hate Eton Style, but I didn’t

Now I hate myself.

By Martha Gill

Eton have squatted on a large chunk of this country’s wealth, privilege, Oxbridge places and starched coat-tails since 1440, and for six centuries we have not complained. Today, however, they have usurped something precious, something that we, the 99 per cent, thought they could never take away from us: a monopoly on taking the piss out of people from Eton.

A group of Eton boys have posted a “Gangnam Style” video on youtube mocking their school. It really is very funny:

Still, at least there’s now an answer to the age old question: “are you less annoying if you know exactly how annoying you are?” The answer’s yes.

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