[149] in Humor
HUMOR: The Rabbit, the Fox and the Wolf
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 23 15:36:43 1994
From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 94 15:30:30 EST
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 12:55:00 PST
From: ckleinja@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
From: schroeder@INS.COM (Scott Schroeder)
The Rabbit, the Fox and the Wolf -- a Fable
One sunny day a rabbit went out of its hole in the ground to enjoy the
weather. The day was so nice that the rabbit became careless, so a fox
sneaked up to him and caught him.
"I am going to eat you for lunch!" Said the fox.
"Wait! replied the rabbit, "You should at least wait a few days."
"Oh yeah? Why should I wait?"
"Well, I am just finishing writing my Ph.D. thesis".
"Hah! that's a stupid excuse. What is the title of your thesis anyway?"
"I am writing my thesis on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and
Wolves'."
"Are you crazy? I should eat you up right now! Everybody knows that a
fox will always win over a rabbit".
"Not really, not according to my research. If you like, you can come
to my hole and read it for yourself. If you are not convinced you can
go ahead and have me for lunch".
"You are really crazy!"
But since the fox was curious and had nothing to lose, it went with
the rabbit into its hole. The fox never came back out.
A few days latter the rabbit was again taking a break from writing and,
sure enough, a wolf came out of the bushes and was ready to eat him.
"Wait!", yelled the rabbit, "you cannot eat me right now."
"And why might that be, you fuzzy appetizer?"
"I am almost finished writing my Ph.D. thesis on 'The Superiority of
Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves'."
The wolf laughed so hard that it almost lost its hold on the rabbit.
"Maybe I shouldn't eat you, you are really sick in your head, you might
have something contagious."
"Come read for yourself, you can eat me after that if you disagree with
my conclusions". So the wolf went to the rabbit's hole and never came
out.
The rabbit finished writing its thesis and was out celebrating in the
lettuce fields.
Another rabbit came by and asked, "What's up, you seem to be very happy"
"Yup, I just finished writing up my thesis."
"Congratulations! What is it about?"
"It is titled 'The superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves'"
"Are you sure? That doesn't sound right."
"Oh yeah, you should come over and read for yourself". So they went
together to the rabbit's hole.
As they went in, the friend saw the typical graduate student abode, a
rather messy one after writing a thesis. The computer with the
controversial thesis was in one corner, and on the right there was a
pile of fox bones, on the left was a pile of wolf bones, and in the
middle was a lion.
The moral of the story: It doesn't matter what is the title of your
thesis, all that matters is WHO is your thesis advisor.
