Yes, that's it. It's his profession. It certainly isn't his Amish good looks, pompous personality, or his herring breath. But who can resist an English professor? I mean the man has a Ph.D.!
After today's hidden message, I have a mental image of Ian in an Italian discotheque wearing an open shirt, gold chain, and platform shoes. Now I need therapy.
The guy in the framed photo has changed a lot (and aged) from yesterday to today. He’s also been joined by a photo of a woman that apparently materialized spontaneously. And what did Toby do with the saucer Mary handed her yesterday? Smash it on the floor to emphasize her distress?
"Ian, I forbid you to talk to Jannie any further. If you really need some love and affection, I'll take you to Generic Animal Shelter and we'll get you a dog. It's done wonders for that crabby old crank down hall."
I spent my entire career amid a swirling stew of PhDs. I even married one of the good ones (realprof, I miss you every day). However, there were, and are, some PhDs out there for whom the perjorative “Piled Higher and Deeper” is completely true. That describes both Ian and his little admirer, Jannie.
KitKat, the photo of the guy also moved a little bit closer to Mary. Maybe the photos are both sentient and able to move on their own, and they really want to hear what's going on with Toby and Ian. Unlike all of us.
Toby's saucer is gone and Mary has a cup now. Maybe Mary has a servant who's standing just out of frame serving them coffee.
Mary does seem surprisingly blase about the whole issue. Maybe's she's annoyed that Toby bushed off her advice the other day, and has decided to just let Toby crash and burn.
Carlye, good call on the Police song. Although Ian is far from being a "young teacher." Or, one would think, the "subject of schoolgirl fantasies." Bleah.
Fauxprof, is Professor Ian Cameron's PhD "piled higher and deeper" or is it "Pizza Hut Delivery?" Toby is worried about Jannie because Toby is totally frigid towards Ian, while Jannie is passionate.
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After today's hidden message, I have a mental image of Ian in an Italian discotheque wearing an open shirt, gold chain, and platform shoes. Now I need therapy.
That photo on the end table? Harry Houdini is my guess.
Today's Boldface Haiku is titled
"I'm Sure They Covered This In The Seminar".
Really not! Not?
Profession, common.
Nervous.
Expressed?
The guy in the framed photo has changed a lot (and aged) from yesterday to today. He’s also been joined by a photo of a woman that apparently materialized spontaneously. And what did Toby do with the saucer Mary handed her yesterday? Smash it on the floor to emphasize her distress?
The man in the framed photo bears a resemblance to Aldo Kelrast.
"Ian, I forbid you to talk to Jannie any further. If you really need some love and affection, I'll take you to Generic Animal Shelter and we'll get you a dog. It's done wonders for that crabby old crank down hall."
-- Scottie McW.
I always assumed Ian’s "pH" was just a diphthong. Or something about acid. I didn’t want to know what that "D" stood for.
Wait until Ian plays Bohemian Rhapsody on the bagpipes for Jannie. (Caledonia, Caledonia).
A suggestion for the Charterstone juke box: "Don't Stand so Close to Me" by The Police.
I spent my entire career amid a swirling stew of PhDs. I even married one of the good ones (realprof, I miss you every day). However, there were, and are, some PhDs out there for whom the perjorative “Piled Higher and Deeper” is completely true. That describes both Ian and his little admirer, Jannie.
KitKat, the photo of the guy also moved a little bit closer to Mary. Maybe the photos are both sentient and able to move on their own, and they really want to hear what's going on with Toby and Ian. Unlike all of us.
Toby's saucer is gone and Mary has a cup now. Maybe Mary has a servant who's standing just out of frame serving them coffee.
Mary does seem surprisingly blase about the whole issue. Maybe's she's annoyed that Toby bushed off her advice the other day, and has decided to just let Toby crash and burn.
Carlye, good call on the Police song. Although Ian is far from being a "young teacher." Or, one would think, the "subject of schoolgirl fantasies." Bleah.
Fauxprof, is Professor Ian Cameron's PhD "piled higher and deeper" or is it "Pizza Hut Delivery?" Toby is worried about Jannie because Toby is totally frigid towards Ian, while Jannie is passionate.
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