haha PhD number

[moonwise]

One of my coworkers is just out of college and is a little naive. I had the following IM conversation with her and I have to record it for posterity.

Her: so i'm having [other coworker] retrieve an article for me that i need and for some reason one of the security things is that a phd number needs to be typed in so [he] suggested i ask you for yours...its a free article but one of the security questions is asking for a phd number for some reason

Me: I think he is pulling your leg
I don't know what a PhD number is and I certainly don't have one

Her: stupid [person]...it didnt sound like a real thing

Me: it's not like I got a serial number tattooed on my ass after I defended

Her: haha

Comments

[ssilverfish.livejournal.com]

*snerk* :D

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I should have said it was 24601.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Is there some meaning to that number? idgi.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

It's Jean Valjean's prisoner number in Les Mis.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Ha!

[sarcasticval.livejournal.com]

Snerk.

[ssilverfish.livejournal.com]

Hee hee hee... that would have been perfect on so many levels. :D

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Seriously - and she probably wouldn't have recognized it, and that would have made it even funnier. I hate it when my brain doesn't work as fast as I want it to.

[lizzyhamham.livejournal.com]

no, you got a barcode, just swipe your ass. :D

[arafel.livejournal.com]

So that's what the Xerox machine is for!

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Very funny. :P

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Poor girl - she doesn't employ the power of Google, and this coworker delights in telling her fish stories.

[ramothhe.livejournal.com]

No tattoo, that's what the microchipping is for. Gotta keep track of us in case we try to take over the world :P

[arafel.livejournal.com]

So that's what the little lump between my shoulderblades is.

[mebil.livejournal.com]

Please provide photos to verify the presence or the absence of the serial number. If not, Donald Trump and other Tea Party representatives will send a crack team of lawyers to your door, demanding access.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, you said crack.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

You're just saying that to keep the secret.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Ssshhhhhh!!!!!