From craigmoe@mindspring.com Mon Apr 30 11:39:27 2001 Date: 18 Mar 2001 21:49:04 GMT From: Craig Moe Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: TAN: That's _Professor_ OilCan to You, Punk Jeff Huo wrote: >In article <3ab18342.95043369@news.earthlink.net>, >orzelc@earthlink.net says... >> I'm accepting a tenure-track position at Union College in Schenectady, >> NY. Starting in September, I'll be a professor of physics, >> inflicting^W imparting knowledge to a whole new generation of >> students. >Pre-meds. > >You do realize you will probably be saddled with the joyous task >of teaching pre-meds physics? Old Physics Joke:[1] A physics professor's teaching an introductory course, and going over kinectics in mind-numbing detail, when a pre-med syudent yells in exasperation, "How is this shit useful?" (I know, an asshole pre-med. Who ccould imagine such a thing?) The professor, without turning around, responds "It saves lives." The lecture continues for a couple of minutes, until the same pre-med student asks "How does this help save lives?" The professor, again without turning around, replies "It keeps ignoramuses like you out of med school." -- Craig Moe [1] Which, of course, means it's not very funny.[2] [2] Choose Your Own Footnote: [2] But you read it anyway. [2] And quite possibly involves a spherical cow. [2] Unless it's the one where an atom walks into a bar.