What brainboxes have we?

[Kirstie]

I work in "academia", and though of course I am brilliant () there are some folk here who I really don't know how they manage to tie their shoelaces or get home of an evening.... AND, I've never, ever worked in such a humourless, paranoid environment! Take me away!!!!!!

Humourless and paranoid? Do you work at Durham University?

 

[Fnaar]

Humourless and paranoid? Do you work at Durham University?

No, but I knew a man who did....

 

[Kirstie]

No, but I knew a man who did....

Me an' all. Several, in fact.

 

[BentMikey]

I have 9 O levels and 3 A levels, all with good marks, and a few professional qualifications. Not much really, compared with most of my class, more than half of whom have PhDs, so that makes me feel like a serious underachiever. (I'm chuckling now at Tynan's best school comment from a few weeks ago).

 

[jashburnham]

10 GSCE's
3 A levels
BA in Classics from KCL.

 

[Dayvo]

6 O-levels
2 A-levels
BA Hons (2.1)
Some outdoor sports certificate from a college in Norway
TEFL certificate


and am currently a homeless, unemployed greenkeeper.

 

[Carwash]

6 O-levels
2 A-levels
BA Hons (2.1)
Some outdoor sports certificate from a college in Norway
TEFL certificate


and am currently a homeless, unemployed greenkeeper.

Sorry to hear that Dayvo.

If all else fails, the TEFL certificate should see you right - you've clearly no aversion to travelling!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Was his IQ noticed as a result of his constantly defending himself sucessfully?

Surprisingly people who knew him tolerated it to an extent because he was so harmless...

And despite what Kirstie may have you believe, I get to see women's underparts in the more normal way... despite having an IQ that's not apparently so much lower.

 

[Fnaar]

... I get to see women's underparts in the more normal way...

Ah, so you have a pair of binoculars too!

 

[Kirstie]

And despite what Kirstie may have you believe, I get to see women's underparts in the more normal way... despite having an IQ that's not apparently so much lower.

Yebbut he has slip on shoes and can only drink out of tommy tippee cups...

 

[betty swollocks]

The direction of this post is now diverging wildly from its original serious intent!

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Ah, so you have a pair of binoculars too!

No, he's got Broadband.

 

[Arch]

I am surprised that no-one here has a Blue Peter badge.

Oh! I forgot.

I have.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Oh! I forgot.

I have.

But Arch, you only got it last year.

 

[magnatom]

Even worse than that, you can end up with medical students telling you that you're not a real doctor and can't teach them anything. This happened to a friend of mine with a Ph.D who taught endocrinology in a teaching hospital.

(Late reply sorry). I must admit I don't find that, but then I am really brainy (just look at my avatar!)

When I lecture I am teaching a technical subject so they generally know hee haw about it, so I can tell them any old rubbish (whic is just as well ).

I also remind them that unless you have a PhD or an MD (a cheap PhD) your only a doctor by job title!