kinda farfetched question

[King Biscuit Time]

Have I just unwittingly walked into a loony convention?

Makes my own doctorate (which I *have* to finish in the next week or else) on tamxoifen-resistant breast cancer seem entirely hum-drum.

 

[Treacle Toes]

So much love on this thread...

 

[equationgirl]

Don't let me start on it.
I describe it as "The Dark Secrets of and behind the Marvels of Persian Tapestry Art, fill in the rest because I haven't framed it down yet because I'm still so undecided to do the cutting because all of it has my separate and intense interest and attention, so maybe I better write a bookwork, a volume or ten will do. Maybe."
The impact on simple daily life is of catastrophical proportions. I feel as if I can't walk over a rug withouth its design staring at me flustering: "remember, you don't tread on me for no reason". I am also very careful to call a carpet not just a "carpet" (it has a complex and social life) and wool or silk not simply "materials" (they too have a life and complex relationships).

On the other hand, it has its fascination for me as historian too... Maybe I steal it
I'm of course also fearfull for the moment she discovers my very own Flying Carpet and shreds its secrets into dry academic discours.

salaam.

That sounds way more interesting than mine on wound healing in diabetics. I wish your wife the best of luck in completing it.

Keep you magic carpet a secret. Once those academics get their hands on it it will be experimented upon and never be the same again.

 

[equationgirl]

Have I just unwittingly walked into a loony convention?

Makes my own doctorate (which I *have* to finish in the next week or else) on tamxoifen-resistant breast cancer seem entirely hum-drum.

OY YOU! Get back to work!

 

[King Biscuit Time]

OY YOU! Get back to work!

Make me!

 

[equationgirl]

Get Back To Work Now Or You Won't Get Your Phd And You'll Have To Work In Mcdonald's For The Rest Of Your Life Because You Were Too Lazy To Finish It.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Good point. Well made.

Now, will you be wanting fries with that?

Actually - I'm going to whip out the wireless card on my laptop until the cricket starts, that should increase productivity.

cheers EG

 

[Aldebaran]

That sounds way more interesting than mine on wound healing in diabetics.

Yet I suspect yours to be of more "direct practical" use

I wish your wife the best of luck in completing it.

I say that every time I asked her "how is it going so far". (It isn't always safe to say that but I'm an innocent person)

My Flying Carpet is of course sheltered in basements where nobody comes out alive. It comes when I call it and functions like the Stealth of the US army. Untracable by mere mortals.

salaam.

 

[equationgirl]

Unfortunately, those word are like a red rag to bull to a stressed PhD student. Sometimes, it is better not to ask.

I am pleased your carpet is well hidden and protected.

 

[Aldebaran]

Unfortunately, those word are like a red rag to bull to a stressed PhD student. Sometimes, it is better not to ask.

I know (done two, I'm a bit of a masochist) but reduced to seing rugs and carpets in my dreams I am only innocently trying to find out how long before they physically attack me.

I am pleased your carpet is well hidden and protected.

It was a bit difficult to have it recognize my voice when I first got it (inherited from my father) because I'm half-European (mother's side). It wasn't prepared for that. It is a bit curious that some non-carpets still aren't... Even when I arrive with normal transportation.

salaam.

 

[equationgirl]

TWO!!!! I hold you in the greatest of respect (I did anyway, but even more so now) for doing two! It was bad enough doing one.

What were your subjects?

Well done on the voice retraining of the carpet. You obviously have a superior example.

 

[Aldebaran]

What were your subjects?

The first on textual history of Al Qur'an (Arabic and Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern university), the other on linguistics of Qïpčaq (Oriental Studies, European university).

Dry and dull food for those not familiar with the subjects, and those who are you take out of the voting by provoking massive heart attacks. That is the way to go, I tell you. You walk out with a doctorate of which nobody remembers how, when and *why* they have quoted you.

Well done on the voice retraining of the carpet. You obviously have a superior example.

Yes. I'm amazed always again when I see her.

salaam.