John’s is great for at least 99 reasons…

1. The friendly atmosphere 2. The Georgian buildings 3. Proximity to the centre of town 4. Wonky walls 5. College sports 6. The bar 7. The charming staff 8. Howard 9. The Just World Shop – the oldest Fairtrade shop IN THE WORLD 10. David Wilkinson is actually the nicest Principal ever: FACT 11. The crazy ‘go-nowhere’ stairs on Linton B 12. Brunch 13. Linton Lawn sports 14. There are at least four bars closer to college than any academic department 15. Formals 16. Cranmer Vac 17. That bit of the old city wall near Cruddas 18. The Bailey Theatre Company 19. The nice laundry of 23 North Bailey 20. Being not too many stumbles from Klute & loveshack 21. The great Freps that we have every year 22. Frep Co-ordinator elections 23. JJCR meetings 24. The Welfare team 25. The Bailey Room 26. The tutors 27. John’s Day 28. The Bailey Ball 29. The Summer Ball 30. The views 31. Independence from the University 32. The fact that you can leave stuff without it getting nicked 33. Knowing everyone’s name 34. The smell of coffee from Cranmer Common Room 35. The ordinands (well, most of them. Ok, some of them) 36. Leather sofas in most rooms 37. Fabric ones in the Bowes Room 38. The really 1970s Ruth Etchells Room 39. The Tristram Room 40. The picture of HM The Queen Mother on the Bowes staircase 41. The fact that the Queen mother’s family lived in the Bowes House 42. The chapel 43. The chapel’s under-floor heating 44. The hidden staircase behind Cranmer Vac 45. The college meals 46. The big windows in the library 47. The scary cleaners 48. Anita & Margaret 49. The maintenance team 50. Bored yet? 51. The TV Room 52. Lube on people’s doors 53. Being the smallest college in Durham 54. The post box opposite Linton is really quite handy 55. Being so close to the Cathedral 56. The shield 57. Toastie Bar 58. Someone sorts your post 59. E-mails from Gill ‘Collect parcel ASAP’ 60. The bar overspill 61. Watching drunk people from other colleges from the bar overspill 62. Having the only listed floor in Europe 63. Being woken up by bells from three churches 64. Errrr… 65. Only a short walk from the Science Site 66. The annual Principal’s Walk 67. The gardens behind the library 68. The flashy new boathouse 69. Attracting grumpy looks by walking through Bowes Dining Room 70. Living in a big house with your friends is cool 71. The high ceilings in Cranmer B rooms 72. The Leavers’ Yearbook 73. Freshers’ t-shirts 74. John’s Day t-shirts 75. See, I’m still going. Just 76. Being a Bailey college 77. The façade of Haughton House 78. Cranmer Lawn Croquet in the Summer 79. Seeing Security come round at four am 80. Everyone thinking you’re a Christian – even if you’re not 81. That Cranmerites are obliged to leave Johnians chocolate donations 82. The shiny brass bits on the doors everywhere 83. The craziness of putting the laundry all the way down on Cruddas A 84. Close to the Assembly Rooms 85. The Epiphany Ball 86. World Heritage Site status 87. How Cruddas is always really hot 88. Lots of Theology books (great for theologians) 89. Charity work 90. The crèche 91. The picture of the Principal in Reception that looks like the warden from Shawshank Redemption 92. The redundant patio heaters 93. The new gym 94. College marriages 95. Door decorations 96. Not being Hatfield 97. The seemingly endless e-mails about College Communion 98. The JCR Shop 99. If you’re still reading this, you’ve definitely got time to come to the meeting.