All this reminds me of what an uncle of mine said shortly after having
been awarded his Ph.D
"Well, I have a B.S. And we all know what that stands for
I also have an M.S. , which is "More of the Same"
and now a Ph.D, and that is "Piled Higher and Deeper"
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:38:02 -0500 "Feldman, Jack (Jack)"
<jack@lucent.com> writes:
>Well, here go the flames on a non LBC subject, but at least this one
>isn't
>vulgar. Not being an academic, I don't use my title. My wife, who is
>also a
>Ph.D. says that only those who graduated from Johns Hopkins get to
>call
>themselves Dr. However, it does give me license to laugh at other's
>follies.
>Note that Jay is commenting about a message that he hasn't read.
>That's why
>I don't think a Ph.D. means much. If the experience doesn't teach you
>not to
>comment when you don't know what you are commenting about, then what
>good is
>it. Unfortunately folks who have one often manage to comment when they
>don't
>know what is happening.
>
>Just plain Jack
>
>> ----------
>> From: EPMD- van syckel,
>> John[SMTP:vansyck@hq.1perscom.heidelberg.army.mil]
>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 9:33 AM
>> To: Feldman, Jack (Jack); 'mgs@autox.team.net'
>> Subject: RE: Credit Where Credit is Due
>>
>> Don't know what the quotes were because I didn't get the
>original
>> email. I'll bet whatever they were, they were not in my Ph.D.
>> dissertation.
>>
>> Sorry to bomb the list with this, I just had to answer.
>>
>> "Jay"
>> John S. van Syckel
>> 1971 MGB (BRG, no PO)
>>
>> Mike Cousins got two of his three quotes correct. The one he
>didn't
>> know was attributed to Wilson Misner (sp), who I believe was an
>early
>> Hollywood writer.
>> I remember it because I cam up with the same words years
>later. It
>> must be a common thought to all Ph.D. dissertation writers.
>> Jack
>>
>
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