Let's go racing Thursday #521...

[phesina]

Thanks, Gini and Ellie! And I'm looking forward to seeing whatever Orc is.

I'm glad you liked the joke, Gini. I bet that professor hauled that out for every class of first-time students. It helped demystify the university world for the 300 or so newly-minted freshies including me in that lecture hall that day!

I get the idea that line is well known in the graduate student world. I pet-sit on occasion for a grad student in mathematics here at the University of Michigan, and she has a paperback book entitled "Piled Higher and Deeper," full of grad-student cartoons.

[pomtzu]

Let's just say that Orc is the resident troublemaker.

Hey barkeep. Do you have a picture of Orc so Pat can see what the little devil looks like - or has he destroyed all the cameras too?

[Karen]

Yes to both the tea and the pancakes, please! I've got some maple syrup ....

As for the Orc - it is a species of underworldly character from the J.R.R. Tolkein books - here's a statue of one from the Lord of the Rings movies:

[Lady's Human]

Just to ease concerns about the Orc....

He responds to command from a remote control collar. The only problems that REALLY come in is when David lets him have his own remote.

[phesina]

Oh myyyyy......