Peer Review Gifts

High scores for Surgeon

"It started with a simple case of peer-review."

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

"Women Supporting Women!"

"Mom, please! I'm a married woman whose friends have been reviewed favourably by the New York Times."

"It's just one bad review and we all know who wrote it."

"I'm torn, Randy. I don't know what to think." "About what, little buddy?" "Star Trek. The last movie got rave reviews. Critics and audiences loved it. Therefore, I loved it too. But it didn't come anywhere close to earning $1 billion at the box office. And these days, any movie that doesn't earn $1 billion is a complete failure. Therefore, I must hate it. I'm in limbo until the hive mind comes to a consensus." "Except for honey, nothing good ever comes from hives."

"With an average vote of 3.5 stars, the legislation is passed."

'Is there a psychiatrist in the house - the cast is very depressed over opening night reviews!'

No, no, Grok, we love your creative voice! Ort is just here to do a little punch-up.

Regardless children just want to fit in.

'Horace spends his spare time being a rock critic.'

The Music Critic.

"I know your previous employer gave you an excellent reference, but you were self-employed."

'I preferred her in the margarine commercial.'

Performance reviews in Hell.

"Professor Van Winkle, the university has instituted Reevaluation of Tenure, time to wake up."

Reviewing a Scientific Paper - Etiquette for References.

Dr. Darrin found her peer review process unnerving.

"Well yes, you're a worker, but I think we can both agree that you're not a hard worker now, can't we?"

"How was the play!"

"Writing that book was a real strain."

"Failure is definitely the best teacher, but I'm thinking auditing a class with Success might not hurt."

"They're going to print a retraction - your desserts are not inconsistent."

"What did I think about the play? About an hour too long!"

The Critic...

"I don't mind if something's Shakespearean, just as long as it it's not Shakespeare."

'Just one criticism of you review of last night's opening play - you omitted to mention that the theatre burnt down while you were supposed to be there!'

"You call that a suit?"

A new book with a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

'Oooh! My cousin got a 5 star review! What's it say?'

'It's had the best reviews I've ever written.'

'Read any good book reviews lately?'

David Cameron and Europe

"Take away his brilliant prose, and he's just some depressed guy."