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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Maxim of the Week


Andrew was unaware that the real reason he couldn't get tenure at the university was because the students complained that he picked his nose while lecturing.
Maxim:
Old habits die hard.

20 comments:

  1. Some academics stroke their beards
    The male ones I suppose
    Others scratch their balding heads
    And then adjust their hose
    These traits show philosophic bent
    As students softly doze
    But they are wakeful to a faulty mind
    In one who picks his nose

    He wants to teach the young forever
    Although he's never kept 'em
    It's not his arcane school of thought
    Just an itchy septum

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    1. DCW,
      If I was going to pick a winner for my favourite of your comments, I think I couldn't dig any deeper than this one!

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  2. No doubt the students have many "bad" habits of their own of which they are blissfully unaware.But seriously,nose picking,is this really done??????

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    1. Ruby,
      I guess we're all pretty much blissfully unaware of our own annoying habits. As to whether or not nose-picking is actually a done thing, I suggest you take a peek at Johanna's comment below.

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  3. confessions: i´m nose picking in the car. bad habit, i know. but nobody knows me on the highway;)

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    1. Johanna!
      Isn't that against the law, like talking on a cell phone while driving? Anyway, always good to make sure you have a clean nose before getting to your next rendez-vous.

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  4. This Maxim was particularly "noseworthy".

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    1. Shirl,
      Glad that you dug this week's maxim!

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  5. May I enter the poetic competition ?

    It is no doubt a serious fault
    To boldly yet blindly excavate one's nose
    While standing expounding to venerable students
    Who fill the lecture hall in rows
    Though it would surely be even worse to let loose a trumpeting fart
    As if one were a whale which rises to the surface and then blows
    Yes one must consider at least twice or thrice
    Before plunging index up to second knuckle in one's nostril
    For when confronted with such a beastly, heathenly performance
    The reaction from the audience could only become hostile...

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    1. Owen,
      You certainly get a prize for rhyming "nostril" with "hostile"! I thank you for having exposed the gesture of our learned friend here to be of that little known political action, "a nostril take-over"--un véritable coup de glaçage.

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    2. Indeed, indeed, I wonder if "nostril" and "hostile" have ever before been rhymed in all of modern poetry... there must be a way to verify such a thing. I have to admit to being quite inspired by DCW's adventurous rhyme of "kept'em" with "septum", he really went out on a limb there... :-) And hmmm, not sure that I want any of that glaçage on my cupcakes...

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    3. Owen,
      If the would-be prof had the habit of scratching his rear end while lecturing, you and DCW could have duked it out to see who would be the first to rhyme septum with rectum!

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  6. Love the story and the prose of DCM and Owen. The original is priceless but the comments are worth returning several times!

    Bises,
    Genie

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    1. Genie,
      Ah yes, I sometimes feel my art is merely a vehicle for their artistry.

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  7. Wonderful drawing. I like it!

    Best wishes; Merike :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Merike. Nice to see you here.

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  8. So true! (and thanks for the nice play on words)

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    1. Ötli,
      Oh my goodness, do you know someone like this?

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  9. I saw a guy standing out on Rt. 66 today on the corner where the gas station is that I go to, and he was picking his nose! Right out there on the street! Sheesh. I guess they think no one is looking... Love your readers' comments too!

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    1. Stickup,
      A whole new take on "get your kicks on Route 66"! Did you notice what he did with the investigatory digit afterwards? It's even worse when the offender takes a long look at what he's dug up. Ick ick ick! Privacy of your own home, people (or maybe your car if you're Johanna {see above}).

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