- How’s the Ph.D. going ?
- Have you written up yet ?
- Lazy students, heh ?
- My taxes fund you
- Students know nothing of the real world
- Of what practical importance is your research ?
- How many papers have you published ?
- When do you plan to get a real job ?
- So you won’t be a real doctor ?
- When do you finish ?
Source : Egyptology News (2010). Off-Topic Trivia: Things not to say to a PhD student, published on 2010-02-08, visited on 2010-02-08.
It looks like that tiny gif has been around on the web for some time now but somehow I doubt that it’s lifespan is quite over just yet…