Degree Collectors Gifts

'Well, I guess a master's degree is a master's degree, even if it is in skateboarding.'

Personnel. I've heard of "magna cum laude" and "summa cum laude," but I've never heard of a person graduating "persona non grata." (Published originally on June 3, 1981.)

'Sure, he got a college degree, but it's in 'Neanderthal Studies.''

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

Handbag store - "Perfect."

Interdisciplinary studies.

A boy is sat at a desk, with five plaques implying different qualifications he has earned from using social media.

"I have a Bachelor's degree from Columbia, an MBA from Stanford, six years experience, and I'm a hell of a mouser."

Congratulations, and thanks for the $86,000... Congratulations, and thanks for the $86,000...

'So you have a PhD, big deal, everyone working here has one! The question is, what can you really do?'

"I see here that you are a recent graduate."

"I started a collection!"

"It's translated from French, so where it says 'Harvard Business School' it may mean 'jail.'"

'School of hard knocks.'

Graduate

"You’d think being anthropomorphic would be enough but nowadays you need a Masters to even get your foot in the door."

'A bachelor's? Big deal - I have a MASTER'S degree in enlightenment!'

'I have an MBA, but I've never MBAed.'

Day one, post grad

'He's just come back from another management training course.'

Utility Chic.

"Congratulations. Please remember the college's financial plight. Congratulations. Please remember the college's financial plight. Congratulations. Please remember . . ."

Bachelors and Masters degrees.

"Most of my consumerism is self-taught."

"First I'm getting a Bachelor's Degree, the a Master's Degree, then a Doctor's Degree!"

'My son has college degrees in psychology, economics and political science. He can't get a job but at least he knows why.'

No room to hang his diploma.

'Well, do you want to sign up or not?' - 'Um...yes and no.'

The evolution of a woman's purse.

'Well...all right...go ahead.'

'...then I got my masters in psychology, and a year later I earned my Ph.D. in sociology. By the time I get my master in math and my doctorate in history, I'll be ready to retire.'

"The best part is, for me history is now history!"

"This isn't for me - it's for the economy."

Florida Golf.

"I majored in sheep with a minor in cat herding."