Yeah, I'm a Royal Hollowegian too
I knew the stories, and saw it covered it up when I had exams in the picture gallery, and always wondered if it was covered up due to superstition (the story I'd heard involved the pencils up the nose), or whether there was a more down-to-Earth explanation for it. However, I never asked because I was either too busy shitting it before an exam or too busy getting pissed afterwards.
(JohabMorelli is spenging merrily away, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 13:12, Reply)