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| Colin's Unemployed

| Literally everybody else got a job after graduating during the pandemic. The BBC still haven't replied about the One Show job. (Update: they got a job. Not at the One Show.)

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| Barry Can't Swim With Women

| Colin Roitt when presenting a show was reading out the name of the song Women by Barry Can't Swim. This inevitable resulted in the pronouncing of the phrase "BARRY CAN'T SWIM WITH WOMEN!"

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| ROB5 Out

| A meme that was created at Roses 2024 by Sam Randewich saying it in the middle of another conversation.

| A meme that was created at Roses 2024 by Sam Randewich saying it in the middle of another conversation. It has since been used by various members as a sign-off: Joe Brearley put 'ROB5 Out' at the end of his final weekly email as Station Manager; Reuben Cope (YSTV Station Director 25/26) tried to be funny and wrote 'REUB-5 Out' at the end of the Roses 2026 thank you email.

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|"The Transition" from Freshers OB 2023

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|William Shatner covers

|Songs covered by Star Trek’s very own William Shatner can be heard playing on URY during the Christmas season much to the delight and dismay of many people. First began when OWP Sunny Fry commented on how awful his rendition of Pulp’s ‘Common People’ was.

|Songs covered by Star Trek’s very own William Shatner can be heard playing on URY during the Christmas season much to the delight and dismay of many people. First began when OWP Sunny Fry commented on how awful his rendition of Pulp’s ‘Common People’ was, after Treasurer Dee Wright played it on air.

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| A Vote for RON is a Vote for...

| Started by James Pursglove in the 2025 AGM in a bid to become Officer Without Portfolio despite his final year status. RON was successful in beating Kathy Morall and Matthew Keel, but James decided to run for (and was successfully elected as) DSM the week after. The tactic was tried unsuccessfully at the 2026 AGM by Erin Chappell against Millie Gee.

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| ____er? I hardly know her?

| Not strictly a URY meme but has been used and endorsed by the Eng/Comp teams

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| 17 Weasels

| Honestly at this point I don't even know... apparently they're better than a girlfriend?

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| Why'd you send this?

| Derivations upon this message, based on a reply to a photo of the Lancaster TV Lead at Roses 2026 that famously read "@Sam Rooke Why'd you send this?".

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 | Colin's Unemployed
 | Literally everybody else got a job after graduating during the pandemic. The BBC still haven't replied about the One Show job. (Update: they got a job. Not at the One Show.)
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+| Barry Can't Swim With Women
+| Colin Roitt when presenting a show was reading out the name of the song Women by Barry Can't Swim. This inevitable resulted in the pronouncing of the phrase "BARRY CAN'T SWIM WITH WOMEN!"
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 | ROB5 Out
-| A meme that was created at Roses 2024 by Sam Randewich saying it in the middle of another conversation.
+| A meme that was created at Roses 2024 by Sam Randewich saying it in the middle of another conversation. It has since been used by various members as a sign-off: Joe Brearley put 'ROB5 Out' at the end of his final weekly email as Station Manager; Reuben Cope (YSTV Station Director 25/26) tried to be funny and wrote 'REUB-5 Out' at the end of the Roses 2026 thank you email.
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 |"The Transition" from Freshers OB 2023
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 |William Shatner covers
-|Songs covered by Star Trek’s very own William Shatner can be heard playing on URY during the Christmas season much to the delight and dismay of many people. First began when OWP Sunny Fry commented on how awful his rendition of Pulp’s ‘Common People’ was.
+|Songs covered by Star Trek’s very own William Shatner can be heard playing on URY during the Christmas season much to the delight and dismay of many people. First began when OWP Sunny Fry commented on how awful his rendition of Pulp’s ‘Common People’ was, after Treasurer Dee Wright played it on air.
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+| A Vote for RON is a Vote for...
+| Started by James Pursglove in the 2025 AGM in a bid to become Officer Without Portfolio despite his final year status. RON was successful in beating Kathy Morall and Matthew Keel, but James decided to run for (and was successfully elected as) DSM the week after. The tactic was tried unsuccessfully at the 2026 AGM by Erin Chappell against Millie Gee.
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+| ____er? I hardly know her?
+| Not strictly a URY meme but has been used and endorsed by the Eng/Comp teams
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+| 17 Weasels
+| Honestly at this point I don't even know... apparently they're better than a girlfriend?
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+| Why'd you send this?
+| Derivations upon this message, based on a reply to a photo of the Lancaster TV Lead at Roses 2026 that famously read "@Sam Rooke Why'd you send this?".
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