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To: Academiadotorg

This isn’t new! In the 60’s there was a joke circulating that asked what do you call a Ph.D. in Physics? The answer was “a cab driver.”


4 posted on 03/08/2018 9:23:45 AM PST by Frank Sheed (The injustice of trendiness is nearly dualistic in its isomorphism.)
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To: Frank Sheed

Yeah, I was a Physics grad student back in the early ‘70s. It was a nightmare. The smartest guy I knew in the program became a farmer after he graduated because he could earn more.

On the flip side, Uncle Sam had a great vacation package for sunny Southeast Asia!


23 posted on 03/08/2018 9:35:51 AM PST by catman67 (14 gauge?)
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To: Frank Sheed

Another oldie: BS...Bull $hit...MS...More $hit...PhD...Piled Higher and Deeper.


44 posted on 03/08/2018 9:57:35 AM PST by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: Frank Sheed

From Ghostbusters: “you’ve never worked in the private sector. They expect results!”


46 posted on 03/08/2018 9:58:38 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Frank Sheed

Frank? The real Frank, or a mysterious substitute?


75 posted on 03/08/2018 12:40:23 PM PST by Tax-chick ( Why not give up a bad habit today?)
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