The Top Ten Other Things Not to Say at Your Advancement Exam

• 10. Wrap it up? I'm not done with my intorduction!

• 9. ...no, the x-axis is in arbitrary units, too.

• 8. This made a lot more sense when I was drunk.

• 7. Brillouin zone, shmillouin zone.

• 6. This theory works because we care about the characters.

• 5. You're sure F doesn't equal mV?

• 4. But who was Schrödinger anyway? Some guy with a cat!

• 3. What a stupid question! I can't believe they gave you tenure.

• 2. Yeah? That's not what your wife said last night.

  And the number one other thing not to say at your advancement exam...

• Bite me -- it's fun.