Miscommunication?

[chucK]

Speaking on the House floor on Friday, Representative Jean Schmidt, Republican of Ohio, asserted that the colonel had "asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, marines never do."

 

[...]

 

Asked to respond on Monday, the congresswoman's office said only, "Mrs. Schmidt's statement was never meant to disparage Congressman Murtha."

 

 

Is this a guy/girl thing? Is there something I'm not understanding here?

[catbirdseat]

The Colonel's words were used out of context? That would not be a surprise.

[Gary_Yngve]

Miscommunication would be:

 

Mon 2:30 PM: my advisor emails me asking to meet at 3:30

Mon 3:00 PM: i email my advisor that i am busy then, but i

am generally free 1:30-5:30 tuesday, and he should schedule

earlier as there will be no guarantee of obtaining a timeslot later.

Tues 2:00 AM: advisor emails me saying he can't meet in the afternoon but he can meet tues morn.

 

he's incorrigible!

[Ireneo_Funes]

another hilarious advisor story!

 

I'm going to tell this one at the bar tonight if that's ok with you

[Dru]

Ma Bell, got the ill communication

[catbirdseat]

another hilarious advisor story!

 

I'm going to tell this one at the bar tonight if that's ok with you

By that you mean Pub Club?

[Gary_Yngve]

sure, fine by me. the sad thing is our dept even issued a memo on students' expectations of their advisors and advisors' expectations of their students. one of the specific statements was, "when possible, an advisor should give students at least 24 hours notice prior to a meeting." of course the document also had other ivory-tower BS like, "students and advisors should view each other as colleagues."

 

i assume you've been to phdcomics.com?

[Ireneo_Funes]

academic memos are another great resource for humor

 

seriously, though - one of the funniest books I've ever read was a book about university life, academic politics, etc -- Kingsley Amis' "Lucky Jim."