# That's "Doctor Orbifold", thank you... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464 "2003-05-01T20:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/21 "2003-05-02T16:16:49Z")
Congratulations! So. I’ve got this pain all down my factorials… ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/22 "2003-05-02T18:24:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*I always thought having to “defend” your thesis sounded like 1) a horrible ordeal, and 2) a euphemism for something I’d rather not know the details of. > > Congratulations! > AudreyK, lowly BA \*\* Same here. “Whaddya mean ‘defend it?’ I wrote the thing, just read it!” DeadlyAccurate, BBA ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/23 "2003-05-02T19:12:19Z")
Congratulations, Doctor! Woohoo! And I should be working on my dissertation as well instead of posting. Just one more post, then I’ll get started… (Hi, MeanOldLady!) ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/24 "2003-05-02T19:24:21Z")
Congratulations!!! You done good. Brynda, Ph.D. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/25 "2003-05-02T20:32:06Z")
So you baffled them with torus… Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/26 "2003-05-02T20:41:32Z")
Congratulations! I’ve seen how much blood, sweat and tears go into a Ph.D. (or, _better you than me!_). Cerowyn, SFA ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/27 "2003-05-02T21:42:20Z")
Congrats, topology huh, have a donut. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/28 "2003-05-03T04:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*Bippy the Beardless \*\* > Congrats, topology huh, have a donut. No no! That not a donut, **Orbifold** , it’s a coffee cup. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/29 "2003-05-03T15:00:33Z")
Congratulations- that’s fantastic!! ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/30 "2003-05-03T18:33:16Z")
Big congratulations from this quarter. (now, TVGuy will slowly slink away, feeling completely inadequate in this overlay large room full of really, really smart people…) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/31 "2003-05-03T19:58:29Z")
:tips hat to **Orbifold** : I remember when Daddy got finished with his Ph.D. (Structural Engineering, 1966, South Carolina) I was 6 years old. He would come home from class with stacks and stacks of huge books and disappear into the master bedroom. I don’t think he did _anything_ but study and work on that dissertation (which Mother dutifully typed for him on a manual typewriter). On weekends sometimes his engineering school buddies would come over and they’d sit around drinking beer and talking about eigenvectors and punching cards for computer programs. It seemed so grand and mysterious to me. I still have that awe and respect for anyone who can complete a Ph.D. We teased him somewhat about being “Dr.” Mom even made a label and put it on the steering wheel of his car ~ it said “Dr. Daddy”. That car was eventually stolen. Years and years later my brother was in a junkyard and spotted an ancient Opal Kadett. Could it be? Sure enough, the steering wheel still proudly proclaimed: “Dr. Daddy”. Wear it with pride **Oribifold**. You deserve it. 🆒 NinetyWt, MSCE ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464/32 "2003-05-03T21:29:59Z")
Good job. VunderBob, PhD wannabe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-doctor-orbifold-thank-you/172464.md?page=1)