Did someone mention Coastman? Swoon...

Driven2insanity, in reference to her asking you to write a lit review for her, you could use one of the suggestions made on this forum a couple of months ago regarding things you should never say to your supervisor in a meeting...Do it yourself, w**ker!

I love that one.

Professor in my department who worked with fungi had a jumper with a toadstool on the front...now that is taking your passion for your work too far.

I'm with juno. Defenestration - it never ceases to amaze me that there is even a word for that.

Alibi...it sounds sordid, yet sexy.

H and Ann...I demonstrated microbiology pracs to undergrads during my PhD, and I am sure one very minxy little tart in the class had modified her lab coat for the boys. Our coats were unshapely - no tight bits, really long sleeves. But hers was so fitted, and had one tight button under her bust which acted like a push-up bra and gave her cleavage! The question I have to ask, why bother?

Tina, your post could be mine - I'm "writing" full-time, don't have a whole draft, and only discovered this forum a couple of months ago...about the time I started writing! I don't have a deadline - only self-imposed dates that are never adhered to.

The lack of motivation, procrastination and subsequent guilt is the worst part. I want it finished, my boyfriend wants it finished, my supervisor wants it finished, but still I cannot find the drive to do it. I'm not sure a break will help - all the time I spend away from my computer is soaked in guilt and dread. The only good thing is that I procrastinate by exercising...but that is counteracted by the bored grazing I do in the kitchen the rest of the day!

Someone once told me that writing a thesis is a very lonely experience - they were right. Hang in there, Tina. This time next year, we will both be finished.

I am Australian, born and bred, long in the legs and thick in the head! Used to love that ditty when I was a kid.


And no, no khaki for me. We lost another Aussie legend yesterday too...Peter Brock, a car racer, drove into a tree in a rally. That is sad.

Well, when a mummy and a daddy love each other very very much....

The Animals and We gotta get out of this place, If it's the last thing we ever do...

sylvester, you just described by 32 year old boyfriend perfectly!

Hey sylvester, I lust after you too...in a kind of kinky interspecies way.

And then in the interview you can say "Well, during my time studying cosmology at Belford..."

H Coastman Piglet

Turn it down with "I really want a job that is going to challenge me".

You could take the job and then say "my old boss was so much better than you".