Truer words were never spoken...

[telophase]

"University faculty are a heterogenous collection of rampaging egomaniacs united only by a common grievance about parking."

My boss just quoted that in an email, although I don't know who originally said it. But you know? SO. SO. TRUE.

ETA: Found a possible attribution: "Academia is a community of scholars united only in a common complaint about parking." -Clark Kerr, former president University of California

I prefer my boss' version.

Comments

[marith.livejournal.com]

Dude. I'm so tempted to print that in big letters and tape it to the outside of my cube. Wonder if I'd get in trouble....

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I want to staple it to some people's foreheads.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

You should read Connie Willis' short story "In the Late Cretaceous," from the collection Impossible Things. It's hilarious.

[sleary.livejournal.com]

I must have that on a T-shirt.

I wonder if I can bribe the IT people into using it for the screensaver...

[snarp]

They are also unhappy with the printer.