The Rabbit's Thesis

It is a fine, sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. A fox comes along, out for a walk.

The fox asks, "What are you working on?" "My thesis," says the rabbit. "What is it about?" "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes." "That's ridiculous!" says the fox. "Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!" "Come with me, and I'll show you!" They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter. Soon, a wolf comes along and asks what the rabbit is writing. "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves," the rabbit replies. The wolf laughs. "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?" "No problem. Do you want to see why?" The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow. Again, the rabbit returns by himself after a few minutes and goes back to typing. Finally, a bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?" "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears." "Well, that's absurd!" says the bear. "Come into my home and I'll show you." Inside the burrow, there is a pile of fox bones in one corner and a pile of wolf bones in another. On the other side of the room, a huge lion is belching and picking his teeth. The Moral: It doesn't matter what you choose for a thesis subject. It doesn't matter what you use for your data. What matters is who you have for a thesis advisor.