Scholar Striker Prints

UCU University Lecturer's Strike

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

'I really crammed last night.'

'I asked Will if he wrote it. He said he wasn't sure.'

"I think you'll find the pen is writier than the sword."

Wikipedia...

"Must be another paradigm shift."

"Have you been working out?"

'Read that last part back to me.'

Too big to fail

The Giamatti era

"Fifty years in academia, studying, researching, writing and teaching. And what do they call me? ‘The Human AI’."

'Thirty years in academia and all I got was this chair.'

To monk showing book entitled 'Brand Spanking New Testament': "I think we may have to shorten the title."

Carlo Ancelotti

"Mr Newton, we have carefully reviewed your work in alchemy and have come to one conclusion: stick to physics.'

"What I miss during school holidays is not going out on strike every Friday."

Baseball players and their qualifications.

"If history has taught us anything, it's taught us that there have been a ridiculous number of books written about history."

Petrarch

Francois Rabelais

"You might have time left for one more book, but only if it doesn't require and lot of research."

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

W. B. Yeats

Lowbrow Lolita

''Et cetera' implies that you know much more than you really do. . .'

Football Skills

Brain Power

"Question authority"

"What does it all mean?"

The What's-The-Hurry? Institute