Yuletide shines this year with "The snake fight portion of your thesis defense"

[jesse_the_k]

It must have been a tipsy IM conversation that got it nominated for Yuletide this year. All the (right now 15) fics are funny.

The source is just 600 words, published November 2010, and available here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-snake-fight-portion-of-your-thesis-defense

Here's the 15 fics at AO3.org:

https://archiveofourown.org/tags/FAQ:%20The%20%22Snake%20Fight%22%20Portion%20of%20Your%20Thesis%20Defense%20-%20Luke%20Burns/works

Given the premise, all make me smile. Which one tickles your funny bone?

Comments

[mific]

Omg, thesis defence issue is esp. hilarious!

based on live reports from protozombie grad students

[jesse_the_k]

...any hilarity is exceptionally rare in this context.

This one's a bite-sized thesis. From "great traditions of higher education" by ohtempora

...and finally, I'd like to thank David Anguis, who has been selecting snakes at the University of Michigan for thirty years with consummate care and utmost professionality. Thank you for letting me interview you, for sharing your thoughts, for tending to these serpents while keeping the entire History department in check, and of course, for selecting my snake during the inevitable defense of this thesis. Snake-picking may not be an exact science, but in David's hands, it is an art.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27482257