Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site wuphys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!wuphys!del From: del@wuphys.UUCP (Dave de Lake) Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Re: Quote of the Day Message-ID: <204@wuphys.UUCP> Date: Sat, 26-Jan-85 16:07:36 EST Article-I.D.: wuphys.204 Posted: Sat Jan 26 16:07:36 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Jan-85 04:42:54 EST References: <1243@ut-ngp.UUCP> Organization: Physics Dept., Washington Univ. in St. Louis Lines: 25 > "This is a silly thing started at Brown University by a bunch of eggheads > who can't even tie their shoes and who don't know about working to survive > to make a living." > > Anyone care to comment on the ability of Brown U. students to tie their > shoes? :-) > I can't say much about Brown students, but the referendum was recently introduced at Washington University in St. Louis, a similar rich kid domain with mostly ivy league rejects, and voted down by the students. The eggheads who copied the idea here may be the ONLY ones on campus who know about working to survive, the only ones capable of intelligent thought, and the only ones who don't hire servants to tie thier shoes... Dave @Compton Sanitarium ...!ihnp4!wuphys!del