# In just under four and a half hours... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015 "2006-08-24T08:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/1 "2006-08-24T08:40:29Z")
I defend my thesis. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Good grief, I’m nervous and scared. My brain is slowly turning to mush! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/2 "2006-08-24T08:49:33Z")
_good vibes, good vibes_ You realize that flunking your defense is about impossible, right? Never met anybody who did, and God knows I’ve seen some ugly ones. You’ll do well. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/3 "2006-08-24T08:51:35Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] You realize that flunking your defense is about impossible, right? Never met anybody who did, and God knows I’ve seen some ugly ones. You’ll do well. [/QUOTE] Thanks. Everyone says that. But part of me is thinking “yeah, but there’s always an exception to the rule. And people always did say I was impossible. Maybe they’ll flunk me…” ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/4 "2006-08-24T08:54:19Z")
Hmm… astrophysics, yes? :eek: Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/5 "2006-08-24T08:59:01Z")
[QUOTE=Nancarrow] Hmm… astrophysics, yes? :eek: [/QUOTE] Yep, astrophysics. And its not soo bad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/6 "2006-08-24T09:13:30Z")
If all else fails, you can always write a paper about ‘How to Flunk Your Thesis Defense’ and it will sell a million copies, and make you rich and famous anyway. 😛 Hey, good luck girlie. You have all my Aussie Good Vibes coming your way!! Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/7 "2006-08-24T09:24:05Z")
I don’t know you well, but I’ve knocked around a few of the same online places as you over the past few years, so I can confidently say this: You’re **Angua** fer fuck’s sake! You’ll walk it in! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/8 "2006-08-24T10:54:52Z")
Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/9 "2006-08-24T11:03:05Z")
Knock 'em dead! (and make sure you hide the bodies) ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/10 "2006-08-24T11:16:50Z")
Go Get 'em! Seriously, about 5 minutes in, you’ll start thinking about the answers you’re giving, and yoiu should lose the nervousness completely. You’ll be fine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/11 "2006-08-24T11:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Knock 'em dead! (and make sure you hide the bodies) [/QUOTE] Now there’s an idea! All my panel are here. They may as well just fail me now and get it over with. No need for them to waste another hour and a half. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/12 "2006-08-24T12:54:08Z")
Well, its time. Off I go to protect the baby that is my thesis. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/13 "2006-08-24T14:16:43Z")
While you were being grilled, we managed to lose a planet… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/14 "2006-08-24T14:19:07Z")
Good luck, **Angua**! Just be careful if they ask you any, um… ‘inventory’ questions about the solar system right now. [sub]Astrophysics. That’s so cool 🙂 [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/15 "2006-08-24T14:37:10Z")
Pins and needles here! Why do these things take so long?? ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/16 "2006-08-24T15:24:32Z")
Was I the only one who had a brain seizure and parsed the OP title as “In just under four and a half **years** …” I was wondering why she was stressing out over something so far away? Anyway, good luck **Angua**!! Hope everything goes as well as you hope! Eli ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/17 "2006-08-24T15:49:26Z")
Let’s hope **Angua** didn’t call Pluto a planet in her thesis! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/18 "2006-08-24T15:50:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Good luck, **Angua**! Just be careful if they ask you any, um… ‘inventory’ questions about the solar system right now. [sub]Astrophysics. That’s so cool 🙂 [/sub] [/QUOTE] Sigh. And there I thought I was being witty and cool. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/19 "2006-08-24T16:15:53Z")
Well? We are waiting! I’m sure you’re Doctor Angua, now. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015/20 "2006-08-24T17:09:10Z")
Well, the viva’s _just_ finished. It went better than I expected, but I don’t know the outcome just yet. Stay tuned! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-under-four-and-a-half-hours/370015.md?page=2)