One sunny day, a rabbit came out of
his hole in the ground to enjoy the fine weather. The day was so
nice that he became careless and a fox snuck up behind him and
caught him.
"I am going to eat you for lunch!"
said the fox. "Wait!" replied the rabbit," You should at least
wait a few days."
"Oh yeah? Why should I wait?"
"Well, I am just finishing my
dissertation on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and
Wolves.'"
"Are you crazy? I should eat you
right now! Everyone knows that a fox will always win over a
rabbit."
"Not according to my research. If
you like, you can come into my hole and read it for yourself. If
you are not convinced, you can go ahead and eat me for lunch."
"You really are crazy!" said the
fox, but since the fox was curious and had nothing to lose, it
went into the hole with the rabbit.
The fox never came out.
A few days later, the rabbit was
again taking a break from writing when a wolf came out of the
bushes and was ready to set upon him.
"Wait!" yelled the rabbit," You
can't eat me right now."
"And why might that be, my furry
appetizer?" said the wolf.
"I am almost finished with my
dissertation on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and
Wolves.'"
The wolf laughed so hard he almost
let go of the rabbit. "Maybe I shouldn't eat you--you really are
sick in the head! You might have something contagious."
"Come and read it for yourself, you
can eat me afterwards if you disagree with my conclusions."
So the wolf went down into the
rabbit's hole...and never came out.
The rabbit finished his dissertation
and was out celebrating in the local lettuce patch.
Another rabbit came along and asked,
"What's up? You seem very happy."
"Yup, I just finished my
dissertation."
"Congratulations! What's it about?"
"'The Superiority of Rabbits over
Foxes and Wolves.'"
"No way! That can't be right."
"Oh, but it is. Come and read it for
yourself."
So the two rabbits went down into
the rabbit hole. As they entered, the friend saw the typical
graduate abode. A computer with the controversial work was in
one corner surrounded by discarded papers. And on one side of
the room there was a pile of fox bones, while on the other side
there was a pile of wolf bones. And in the center, there was a
large, well-fed lion.
The moral of the story:
The title of your dissertation
doesn't matter. The subject doesn't matter. The research doesn't
matter. All that matters is who your advisor is.
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