Received: from weber.ucsd.edu (weber.ucsd.edu [132.239.147.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id MAA00581 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:41:51 -0700 (MST) Received: (from lmiller@localhost) by weber.ucsd.edu (8.8.3/8.8.3) id LAA03400 for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:41:48 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Miller Message-Id: <199703211941.LAA03400@weber.ucsd.edu> Subject: Some graduate student humor (fwd) To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:41:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've seen some of these before, but a number are new to me (and seem pretty apt). Laura Miller Forwarded message: > From jrudolph@weber.ucsd.edu Fri Mar 21 09:21:52 1997 > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:15:56 -0800 (PST) > To: soc-ucsd@helix.ucsd.edu > From: Jo Rudolph > Subject: Some graduate student humor > > >Return-Path: postmast@ucsd.edu > >Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:07:42 -0800 (PST) > >X-Sender: rweil@popmail.ucsd.edu > >To: GRADCOORDS@ucsd.edu > >From: "Roberta L. Weil" > >Subject: Some graduate student humor > > > >TO LIGHTEN YOUR DAY--or that of your students > > > >>>>>You just might be a graduate student if... > >>>>> > >>>>> ...you can analyze the significance of appliances you cannot operate. > >>>>> ...your carrel is better decorated than your apartment. > >>>>> ...you have ever, as a folklore project, attempted to track the progress > >>>of your own joke across the Internet. > >>>>> ...you are startled to meet people who neither need nor want to read. > >>>>> ...you have ever brought a scholarly article to a bar. > >>>>> ...you rate coffee shops by the availability of outlets for your laptop. > >>>>> ...everything reminds you of something in your discipline. > >>>>> ...you have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event. > >>>>> ...you have ever spent more than $50 on photocopying while researching a > >>>single paper. > >>>>> ...there is a microfilm reader in the library that you consider "yours." > >>>>> ...you actually have a preference between microfilm and microfiche. > >>>>> ...you can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the > >>>library. > >>>>> ...you look forward to summers because you're more productive without the > >>>distraction of classes. > >>>>> ...you regard ibuprofen as a vitamin. > >>>>> ...you consider all papers to be works in progress. > >>>>> ...professors don't really care when you turn in work anymore. > >>>>> ...you find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual > >>>text. > >>>>> ...you have given up trying to keep your books organized and are now just > >>>trying to keep them all in the same general area. > >>>>> ...you have accepted guilt as an inherent feature of relaxation. > >>>>> ...you reflexively start analyzing those Greek letters before you realize > >>>that it's a sorority sweatshirt, not an equation. > >>>>> ...you find yourself explaining to children that you are in "20th grade". > >>>>> ...you start referring to stories like "Snow White et al." > >>>>> ...you frequently wonder how long you can live on pasta without getting > >>>scurvy. > >>>>> ...you look forward to taking some time off to do laundry. > >>>>> ...you have more photocopy cards than credit cards. > >>>>> ...you wonder if APA style allows you to cite talking to yourself as > >>>"personal communication". > >> > >> > > > > >