# Help me decorate my mortarboard **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 29, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345 "2008-04-29T13:40:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/1 "2008-04-29T13:40:56Z")
I’m graduating from nursing school this week and I need some help with how to decorate my mortarboard for the college’s official graduation. Right now, my idea is to have a picture of Happy Bunny (I’m a big fan) and the words “Nurses see you naked.” Anybody have any other ideas? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![a\_bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@a\_bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_bee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/2 "2008-04-29T15:24:07Z")
I’ve never seen a decorated mortar board. Can’t say I want my mother to have seen me in one at my graduation, she’d have had a fit. But if it’s the thing at your school, then the bunny is fine. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/3 "2008-04-29T17:31:01Z")
[QUOTE=Cub Mistress] I’m graduating from nursing school this week and I need some help with how to decorate my mortarboard for the college’s official graduation. Right now, my idea is to have a picture of Happy Bunny (I’m a big fan) and the words “Nurses see you naked.” Anybody have any other ideas? Thanks! [/QUOTE] I’d go with that! Happy Bunny trumps everything. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/4 "2008-04-29T17:38:30Z")
[shakes professorial finger at student] Do NOT decorate your mortarboard, young lady! It shows disrespect for the great institution of higher education and detracts from the solemnity of the occasion! Why, I would NEVER have thought to decorate my mortarboard when I was your age! And while we’re at it, you are not to wear flip-flops or shoot silly string at your graduation, either. In fact, if you actually enjoy one single moment of your graduation, we may have to reconsider your eligibility to graduate! [winks conspiratorially] Have fun, kiddo! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/5 "2008-04-29T17:46:39Z")
Put lights on it! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/6 "2008-04-29T22:19:36Z")
The only thing I can think of is from a buddy of mine who was a finance major. He decorated the top of his with dollar sign. The top of his head made the newspaper though. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-mortarboard/447345/7 "2008-04-29T22:36:36Z")
The link is broken but I was reading online about someone who hacked their mortarboard with what looked liked LCD lights. Here are some other interesting decorations. [http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2000/060100/readersbest.html](http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2000/060100/readersbest.html) [http://webfoot.com/school/duckOnHead.html](http://webfoot.com/school/duckOnHead.html) [http://www.halloweenstore.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/jacobson/76421T.jpg](http://www.halloweenstore.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/jacobson/76421T.jpg) [http://www.dnronline.com/photos/121507JMUGraduation3MR\_4997.jpg](http://www.dnronline.com/photos/121507JMUGraduation3MR_4997.jpg) > **[Beloit College Magazine](https://www.beloit.edu/magazine/)** [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vH5f59Og-Sc/RnNJZcmMS5I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/TDE48W2H7XY/s400/june+15,+2007Image3.jpg) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vH5f59Og-Sc/RnNJZcmMS5I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/TDE48W2H7XY/s400/june+15,+2007Image3.jpg) > **[Beloit College Magazine](https://www.beloit.edu/magazine/)** [http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/ToySoldiers1.jpg](http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/ToySoldiers1.jpg)