"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 thesis on 'The Superiority
of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'"
"Are you crazy? I should eat you right now! Everybody
knows that a fox will always win over a rabbit."
"Not really, 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 have me for lunch."
"You really are crazy!" But since the fox was
curious and had nothing to lose, it went with the rabbit. The fox never
came out.
A few days later the rabbit was again
taking a break from writing and sure enough, a wolf came out of the
bushes and was ready to set upon her.
"Wait!" yelled the rabbit,
"you can't eat me right now."
"And why might that be, my furry appetizer?"
"I am almost finished writing my thesis on'The Superiority
of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves."
The wolf laughed so hard that it almost lost its grip on the rabbit.
"Maybe I shouldn't eat you. You're sick . .in the head.
You might have something contagious."
"Come and read it for yourself. You can eat me afterward
if you disagree with my conclusions."
So the wolf went down into the rabbit's hole. And never came out.
The rabbit finished her thesis and was
out lettuce patch. Another rabbit came along and asked,
"What's up? You seem very happy."
"Yup, I just finished my thesis."
"Congratulations. What's it about?"
"The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'"
"Are you sure? That doesn't sound right."
"Oh yes. Come and read it for yourself."
So together they went down into the rabbit's
hole. As they entered, the friend saw the typical graduate student abode,
albeit a rather messy one after writing a thesis. The computer with
the controversial work was in one corner. To the right there was a pile
of fox bones, to the left a pile of wolf bones. And in the middle was
a large, well-fed lion.
The
moral of the story:
The title of your
thesis doesn't matter.
The subject doesn't matter.
The research doesn't matter.
All that matters is
who your advisor is.
:-)
