If it quacks like a life title, waddles like a life title and lays eggs like a life title, it may as well be a life title.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> The Ivy League, by handing out what amounts to life patents of nobility >> in the guise of "degrees", has taken the place of the old world aristocracy >> with its claim on economic rent streams . . . >> > > Really??? I had no idea. I completely missed out on that. Where do I apply > for my claim? I want my life patent of nobility! > > - Jed (Cornell, 1976 -- Herr Doktor Doktor Sir Jed, Esq. to *you*) > >