MINISTRY OF SILLY THESIS

Minister
Good morning. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but I'm afraid my thesis has become rather sillier recently, and so it takes me rather longer to get to work. Now then, what was it again?

Man
Well sir, I have a silly thesis and I'd like to obtain a Government grant to help me develop it.

Minister
I see. May I see your silly thesis?

Man
Yes, certainly, yes.

…LATER…

Minister
That's it, is it?

Man
Yes, that's it, yes.

Minister
It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the semiotic analysis isn't silly at all and the methodological approach merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.

Man
Yes, but I think that with Government backing I could make it very silly.

Minister
Mr Pudey, the very real problem is one of money. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Silly Thesis is no longer getting the kind of support it needs. You see there's Defense, Social Security, Health, Housing, Education, Silly Walks ... they're all supposed to get the same. But last year, the Government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Thesis than it did on National Defence. Now we get £348,000,000 a year, which is supposed to be spent on all our available products. Coffee?

Man
Yes please.

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Post dedicado ao colega professor Luis Mauro Sá Martino que, nas horas vagas (vai ver ele sabe o que é isso) cuida do blog www.alquimiadoverbo.com.br uma rara mistura de filosofia, comunicação, neuroses cotidianas, chás e uma pitada de homesick com sotaque britânico.

Não daria pra usurpar um quadro do Monty Python sem citar o ilustre professor.