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"That's the answer to 'How long till winter break?' I'm looking for the capital

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

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

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

The sea 2050.

Wikipedia...

"Must be another paradigm shift."

"Have you been working out?"

'Read that last part back to me.'

A Snowman checking out some products for blacken his teeth

"But Mom, how can it be a vacation when you're taking me to school?"

Easter Egg Delivery

"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."

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

'Oh that's weird! i just had a shiver go down my wallet. My wife must have just bought something.'

A poem: With daylight's shift, winter draws near...

"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."

Student to kid: 'School first, then Mount Everest.'

Lowbrow Lolita

W. B. Yeats

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

Brain Power

"Because it's got a goddam crack in it, that's why."

"Question authority"

"What does it all mean?"

The What's-The-Hurry? Institute

"In closing, let me tell you that never in the universe have I spoken before such an attentive audience."