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Question #736 Term Paper

Some recent facebooking has reminded me of the old format of term paper titles:

<paper_title> ::= <title>“:”<subtitle>

<title> ::= something_attention_getting

<subtitle> ::= descriptive_statement

For example: “You Threw My What Out the Window?!: An Economic Analysis of the Transaction Described by Pato Banton in the Song ‘Don’t Sniff Coke.’“

My question for you: If you could write any term paper you wanted, what would the title be?

Bonus: Give us a sample of the contents.

(8 answers)

posted January 5th by jake

What is your favorite quote?

BONUS: What’s the best thing you’ve ever heard said by someone you know personally?

do me a solid and share this (on facebook) or (on twitter)
category: a very serious question

12 comments so far ↓

1 phil // Jan 5, 2010 at 10:21 am

My answer changes every few weeks but Oscar Wilde said it best: “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”

BONUS: “yes”
2 ryanb // Jan 5, 2010 at 2:20 pm

“Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning” – Hermann Goering

BONUS: “You’re right!”
3 phil // Jan 5, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Maybe a better answer is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79019224@N00/228615529/

I read this while wearing spandex shorts in rural Kentucky. I’d never read the whole quote before, just the last bit and I figured it was about the James Cameron movie.
4 Dan // Jan 5, 2010 at 2:57 pm

“WAS AIN’T IS”
-Papa Jack Weil
5 Nick // Jan 5, 2010 at 3:44 pm

“A true artiest should be remembered for his inspiration not his perspiration.”

-Terry Hogan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCwzdzA-01Q
6 MissBella // Jan 5, 2010 at 5:35 pm

“And you know all my favorite singers have stolen all of my best lines”

- Matt Skiba

“Here, I’m supposed to tell her the truth. I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He’s taken some control of his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of his death from being a total surprise.
In a way, being an addict is very proactive.”

- Chuck Palahniuk

…and no one I know in person says anything worth being my favorite!
7 HR // Jan 5, 2010 at 11:21 pm

“i havent kicked an alligator since!”
8 feverishpoptart // Jan 5, 2010 at 11:59 pm

I can’t think of just one quote right now. I read a ton for work, and love thinkexist.com but I’m drawing a blank.

Bonus: My friend Richards twitter page is pretty great. He says so many random/funny things, I can’t choose just one. http://twitter.com/VelociRichard
9 jorge // Jan 6, 2010 at 2:00 am

“this town’s getting to rough for me!” -3 amigos

bonus: “listen jorge, there are only two things in this world i hate: the skin on top of burnt milk and cat poop.” -my dad
10 Joe // Jan 6, 2010 at 3:07 am

I was reminded of this quote the other day, by my running buddy George Bernard Shaw: “Lack of money is the root of all evil.”

Bonus: A tie between:

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

and “Get thee behind me, Satan.”

He is kind of a perv, but that is why I like him so much.
11 Joe // Jan 6, 2010 at 3:18 am

Oh I forgot my other favorite quote which @Tiffany! mentioned in the Jersey Shore post:

“You better be hittin’ the gym & if you’re not hittin’ the gym for like an hour or so, you know, you may have a problem. Ok, cause I’m at the gym for like an hour-and-a-half!” — The Situation.

I really like the idea that if you only put in an hour in the gym a day, you had better watch out because somewhere out there The Situation is hanging out 1/2 hour more pumped than you are. I think your girl will probably be able to sense it on a pheremone level and gravitate toward him.

“Oh hey Joe, why don’t you go get us a booth and I’ll go get us some coshitos at the bar” /me watches girlfriend take spot next to The Situation at the bar kind of rubbing herself on his abs as she does so….
12 phil // Jan 6, 2010 at 8:23 am

“this pizza in a cup is great, they really ran the other pizza-in-a-cup place right out of business”