# College Education... A joke/parody of commonly held knowledge. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932 "2012-03-16T04:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/21 "2012-03-16T14:22:32Z")
Mind you this could well be some sort of meta-thingy. It’s great! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/22 "2012-03-16T14:23:22Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I predict (nay, _insist_) that “keep winching that haggis” make its way into the SMDB vernacular. Please don’t let **Snowboarder Bore** read that. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/23 "2012-03-16T15:03:51Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Please don’t let **Snowboarder Bore** read that. I’m jumping down that haggis, dude. Or is it UP that haggis? ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/24 "2012-03-16T15:13:11Z")
Winch it . . . Winch it good . . . ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/25 "2012-03-16T15:13:51Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Words can be used as weapons. You do not use words as weapons. Somewhat more clumsy and random than a blaster… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/26 "2012-03-16T16:14:12Z")
> [@Olbaid3](#): > > :-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D :-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D TL DR. Would someone who’s read all of this be able to summarize it for me? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/27 "2012-03-16T16:23:18Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Words can be used as weapons. You do not use words as weapons. I predict this person has a great future writing for education journals. But he/she needs to obfuscate the prose just a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/28 "2012-03-16T16:33:26Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > It’s not to late to bail out of this brutal curriculum and jump to a poly-sci degree is it? How many different scis does that entail? ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/29 "2012-03-16T16:39:45Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Winch it . . . > Winch it good . . . That is offal of you to put that tune in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/30 "2012-03-16T16:43:27Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > TL DR. > > Would someone who’s read all of this be able to summarize it for me? I think it’s a report card. Straight D minuses. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/31 "2012-03-16T16:46:17Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Please don’t let **Snowboarder Bore** read that. The haggis is being winched from a quarry. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/32 "2012-03-16T16:48:29Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Would someone who’s read all of this be able to summarize it for me? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/33 "2012-03-16T16:54:12Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > TL DR. > > Would someone who’s read all of this be able to summarize it for me? I can’t tell if he’s happy, or sad with a bunch of dashes. It’s kinda all running together to me. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/34 "2012-03-16T17:25:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > How many different scis does that entail? Poly-sci is wrong and outdated. Mono-sci is the only true path. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/35 "2012-03-16T17:45:52Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Please don’t let **Snowboarder Bore** read that. It doesn’t matter what we do he’s going to keep winching that haggis till the end of his days. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/36 "2012-03-16T18:15:19Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Please don’t let **Snowboarder Bore** read that. Let’s go down to the quarry and throw haggises in there! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/37 "2012-03-16T18:19:15Z")
Let’s go down to the winch and haggis wenches…no, wait…let’s go down to the haggis and winch wenches…no…aw screw it…bonerific! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/38 "2012-03-16T20:18:12Z")
Now a haggis _witch_, that’s something I could get behind. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/39 "2012-03-16T20:50:12Z")
If poly-sci is too much, you can start with oligo-sci and work your way up. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932/40 "2012-03-17T04:42:49Z")
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