STORY WITH A MORAL

Scene:  It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting
        outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along
        comes a fox, out for a walk.

Fox:    ``What are you working on?''
Rabbit: ``My thesis.''
Fox:    ``Hmm. What is it about?''
Rabbit: ``Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes.''

(Incredulous pause)

Fox:    ``That's rediculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat
        foxes!''
Rabbit: ``Sure they do, and I can prove it. Come with me!''

They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes,
the rabbit returns, alone, to his typewriter and resumes typing.

Soon, a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.

Wolf:   ``What's that you're writing?''
Rabbit: ``I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves.''

(Loud guffaws)

Wolf:   ``You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?''
Rabbit: ``No problem. Do you want to see why?''

The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit
returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.

Scene:  Inside the rabbit's burrow. In one corner, there is a pile of
        fox bones. In another corner, a pile of wolf bones. On the
        other side of the room a huge lion is belching and picking
        his teeth.

                       The End

MORAL:

  o  It doesn't matter what you choose for a thesis subject.

  o  It doesn't matter what you use for data.

  o  What does matter is who you have for a thesis advisor.