The eight towers are featured in the opening of the sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, and were the backdrop to a rowdy and still legendary Stone Roses concert that took place in 1990.
Gryffindor Tower was hardly less crowded now than during term-time; it seemed to have shrunk slightly too, as its inhabitants were being so much rowdier than usual.
Millions of pesos are made in cockfighting arenas across the Philippines where rowdy punters cheer on combative chickens duel until one dies, despite protests from animal rights groups.