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John rubbed his eyes, then gazed about himself. "Goodness grief!" he exclaimed, as he realized he was on the Omni bus. A half eaten bag of the Real McCoys crisps, Flame grilled steak flavour, was open in his hand, and a confused John had no recollection of his arrival.

Suddenly some rustling beneath his seat caught John's attention. He gazed down and out crawled a strange bug like a cockroach, yet with 978 legs. It had five segments, and upon four of these segments was a yellow star.

"What kind of bug is this!!" exclaimed a very confused John. He looked about the omni bus but the other passengers were too busy with their ipods to notice.

"I'm a PhD bug", replied the small beast in a boisterous tone. John instinctively scooped up his foot and accelerated it down to squish the bug, but the strange beast quickly interjected.

"No! I'm the queen of the last family of the endangered and rare species Phdbugus tetrastarius! Don't squish me!"

John looked under his seat and, lo! The PhD bug was not alone! "Who are you", asked John of the other five bugs.

"I am A Sapsucker Winkle Mi!", replied the bug with 605 legs.

"I am Snakes!", replied the bug with 673 legs.

"I am Wurby!", replied the bug with 1316 legs.

"I am Sassy Pic Me!", replied the bug with 935 legs.

"I am A Blob Big Sing!", replied the bug with 415 legs.

John noticed that these small bugs were sprouting new legs. This bizarre spectacle inspired John to renew the thought of squishing them.

"Please!", pleaded the queen PhD bug, "don't harm us -- we're the only living Phdbugus tetrastarius bugs left!"

The appeal to John's empathy succeeded; bending down, he scooped the bugs into his crisp packet using a copy of the Metro left on the adjacent seat.

"No canoodling in there!", John requested of the Phd bugs, as he folded over the top of the crisp packet and slipped it into his jacket's side pocket.

The Omni Bus chugged along, with John sat quietly gazing out the window, contemplating its bizarre nature.

The words "The World's First Time Machine" appeared to gasps of awe and astonishment.

The student responsible for this aberration of physics stepped out. He gazed at the expectant crowd then proclaimed proudly "Indeed, I have invented the world's first time machine, and this very building is it!"

A frenzy seized the crowd, as the elves climbed upon one another in a bid to reach the fire exits.

"Oh no you don't!" cackled the student, as he pulled a hefty lever sending jolts of energy throughout the walls and chairs, through the floors and through all the atoms of the building's spacious chambers. A bright flash of light, like unto the radiance of a thousand quasars burst forth with radiant brilliance from every direction, and then, there was silence.

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There are more stars in the sky -- your four star constellation is a feeble quasi-cosmological display of ephemeral attachment.

You weren't convinced about the intelligence bit either; must suck being wrong twice in a row 8-)

You don't have time to read the thread to see that's not what I said, but I must have time to read Derrida on friendship. I'll pass.

You seem to know the weaknesses of your work, which is a good thing; your examiners perhaps won't see those weaknesses as rubbishing the whole study in the same way you do.

What's your supervisor's take on this?

What do you mean I take life too seriously.. can't you see how this is another way of contributing to the moral decay or society!!!!