I wish these were brains

Post Reply
User avatar
Abdul Alhazred
Posts: 4
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:27 pm
Location: Chicago
Contact:
Contact Abdul Alhazred

I wish these were brains

Post by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:51 am

Al Gore, Dolly Parton to receive honorary degrees from Tennessee
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
...

Meeting at UT Martin Friday, the UT Board of Trustees voted to award Gore an Honorary Doctor of Laws and Humane Letters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The honorary degree will be presented to Gore, also a former U.S. senator from Tennessee, at the spring commencement of the UTK College of Arts and Sciences on May 14.

...
Image

Finally! A degree in SCIENCE.
The lack of a rational explanation is not evidence for an irrational explanation.
Top
User avatar
maiforpeace
Account Suspended at Member's Request
Posts: 15726
Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:41 am
Location: under the redwood trees

Re: I wish these were brains

Post by maiforpeace » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:13 am

Honorary degrees, bah!

So what did Dolly get her's for, the two brains on her chest? :hehe:
Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it. ~Christopher Hitchens~
Image
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/379 ... 3be9_o.jpg[/imgc]
Top
User avatar
Nautilidae
Posts: 142
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:10 am
Contact:
Contact Nautilidae

Re: I wish these were brains

Post by Nautilidae » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:34 am

I can understand why al Gore might receive an honorary degree, but why is Dolly Parton receiving one? :nono:
Top
Squeak_the_Mouse
Posts: 33
Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:19 am
Contact:
Contact Squeak_the_Mouse

Re: I wish these were brains

Post by Squeak_the_Mouse » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:40 am

*facepalm* :nono:
Top
Fact-Man
Posts: 126
Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:52 pm
Location: Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
Contact:
Contact Fact-Man

Re: I wish these were brains

Post by Fact-Man » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:57 am

Nautilidae wrote:I can understand why al Gore might receive an honorary degree, but why is Dolly Parton receiving one? :nono:
Well, young man, DP is a living legend in Tennessee, a multi-millionaire who rose from abject poverty to stardom in the music business and has her share of gold and platinum records. She has given generously to Tennessee charities, operates a popular entertainment park and museum (called "Dollywood"), has extended herself in many volunteer efforts to assist groups like Habitat for Humanities, and is a beloved daughter of Tennessee.

I am not at all surprised to hear of this honorary degree being awarded to her. She is more than deserving of it.
A crime was committed against us all.
Top
User avatar
piscator
Posts: 4725
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:11 am
Location: The Big BSOD
Contact:
Contact piscator

Re: I wish these were brains

Post by piscator » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:23 pm

Fact-Man wrote:
Nautilidae wrote:I can understand why al Gore might receive an honorary degree, but why is Dolly Parton receiving one? :nono:
Well, young man, DP is a living legend in Tennessee, a multi-millionaire who rose from abject poverty to stardom in the music business and has her share of gold and platinum records. She has given generously to Tennessee charities, operates a popular entertainment park and museum (called "Dollywood"), has extended herself in many volunteer efforts to assist groups like Habitat for Humanities, and is a beloved daughter of Tennessee.

I am not at all surprised to hear of this honorary degree being awarded to her. She is more than deserving of it.
Habitat For Humanities? that's interesting... didn't realize that Dolly was a postmodernist...

and only in the Bible Belt would Dollywood be considered a positive contribution

laying aside her contributions to the blight that is 99.99% of Country Music, i think Dolly is great, and has a wonderful warm self effacing personality which hides a lot of brains and savvy


i just got Poed pretty bad, didn't i?
Top
feign_ignorence
Posts: 30
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:21 pm
Location: Ontario, Canada
Contact:
Contact feign_ignorence

Re: I wish these were brains

Post by feign_ignorence » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:14 pm

piscator wrote: i just got Poed pretty bad, didn't i?
:tup:
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Science, Technology & Environment”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests