Are you suggesting that the "tenure committee" was unable to detect that the sound was coming from a tape recorder and not from his mouth? As my grandmother used to say "You can't believe everything you hear". This advice appears to be relevant on a number of levels in this case.
On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:36 AM, michael sylvester wrote: > > A friend of mine who teaches at an ultra conservative christian > college in the South was told > that he would have to bear witness and speak in tongues as a > condition to get tenure. > So he began taping schizophrenic word salads from a nearby mental > institution,church services > of the church of the Nazarene,square dancing calls.and an auto repo > auction. > He mixed them all up on a mini tape recorder.When he approached the > tenure committee,he went into a tremor and fell on the floor,pressed > play on the mini tape and the mixed sounds were emitted.After 60 > seconds, all the members of the committee shouted in unison > "Alleluia!". > (sp).He was granted tenure.I got a twit from him last week but I could > not understand it. > He was twitting in tongues. > > Michael (resistant to extinction) Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > ======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
