once we thought it was a medieval tower design to hang
recalcitrant faculty from
now its clearly a Schillips designed launch vehicle to shoot recalcitrant faculty out (presumable as part of the opening ceremonies) and that silly ferris wheel outside the EMU was
just a precursor
fol·ly
noun, plural fol·lies
1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal.
3. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
4. Architecture. a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, commemorate a person or event, etc.:
Folly:
1. lack of good sense; foolishness.
2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
Not too hard. What’s the annual upper admin payroll on campus? Sure – throw in head coach salaries, too, if you want to bust the $20M barrier faster. (To be fair, that’s not as silly an expenditure as it is just plain mean…)
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Your looking at this all wrong
once we thought it was a medieval tower design to hang
recalcitrant faculty from
now its clearly a Schillips designed launch vehicle to shoot recalcitrant faculty out (presumable as part of the opening ceremonies) and that silly ferris wheel outside the EMU was
just a precursor
Its all connected …
fol·ly
noun, plural fol·lies
1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal.
3. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
4. Architecture. a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, commemorate a person or event, etc.:
Folly:
1. lack of good sense; foolishness.
2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
Not too hard. What’s the annual upper admin payroll on campus? Sure – throw in head coach salaries, too, if you want to bust the $20M barrier faster. (To be fair, that’s not as silly an expenditure as it is just plain mean…)