Ok, get a grip... if Dr. X gets his reference done today and sends the application to Dr. Y, he can get his reference done and forward the whole thing to Oxford in time for the deadline
What are you doing with a crate of lime pickle? You hate the stuff
Well, in Tesco today they had an offer on - a hundred points on your Club Card for every jar of lime pickle purchased! So I bought twenty!
But you don't even have a Club Card, and you rarely go to Tesco
Ahh, I signed up for a card today to take advantage of this offer!
So you have in effect spent money on a product you don't want to obtain points whose sole purpose is to encourage you to spend more money at a later date in the same store