Meanwhile

Over at Coffee House, I wrote this:

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The first part of this slogan has been adopted by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge as a module, whole and entire in itself, of their philosophy first degrees.

Its adoption will enable significant saving of both academic time and cost, and relieve students of the tedium of acquainting themselves with obsolete arguments about the source and meaning of life which may have interested philosophers during Classical times and the Renaissance but have no place in modern thought, given that the official philosophy of academe is that life has no meaning. Students are advised that there is no place in academe for deviation from this position.

The use by any student of the archaic terms 'academic enquiry' and 'academic freedom' will be taken to indicate that the individual concerned is probably insufficiently mature to benefit from a university education. He or she will probably not find university life congenial in the longer term and will, therefore, be advised to consider urgently what alternatives may be available.

The second part of the slogan may be found in the welcome letter received by all students on entering our two greatest Universities, along with a catalogue of drinking and dancing establishments in their respective cities.

Allegedly.