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- From: me_s420@ceres (Chris Welch)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Martyr wakes up...!
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 10:03:31 GMT
- Organization: Kingston University
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- : "Yes, well, the more important event of last week - and the one which
- : more-or-less makes up for the troubles on Tuesday - was that I
- : successfully defended my PhD thesis on Thursday afternoon and I am now
- : (to all practical intents and purposes) Dr. Martyr (so to speak)!!"
- :
- : "It's been four years of general unpleasantness and the viva seemed
- : like two and a half hours of hell, but I have finally done it. Just a
- : few minor corrections to the thesis and I can submit the final
- : copies."
-
- The Urban Spaceman appears. "Congratulations, Martyr. You now join the ranks
- of that exalted group the Virtual Doctors. These are poor benighted souls
- who have done the thesis, had the viva, dotted the t's and crossed the i's
- etc. and are then condemned to limbo until the Graduation Ceremony when they
- become Official Doctors. Fortunately, the period in limbo doesn't last more
- than a year (or in my case a year less two weeks).
-
- : "Er...Yippee is the correct term, I believe..."
-
- "I say, steady on old man. No need to go overboard. Stiff upper lip." :-)
-
-
- : P.S. I seem to be suffering some e-mail problems at the moment. If
- : anyone is in touch with either of the Sprites (Didi or Kyla) or the
- : Urban Spaceman, can they find out whether any of my recent e-mailings
- : got through. Thanks!
-
- "I haven't had any messages from you recently. Perhaps they are getting lost
- on the way. Remember it's *second* star on the right..."
-
-
- --
- | Chris Welch - The Urban Spaceman
- _______ | | _______ me_s420@uk.ac.kingston
- | ooo | /| |\ | ooo |
- | ooo | |/ ^ \| | ooo | "Second star on the right, straight on till morning.
-