Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Better start getting ready for Professor Jones' seminar

Re: Professor Jones

Dear Seminar Chair:

Below is a rider containing provisions to assure you of a smooth and professional seminar presentation by Professor F.M. Jones. All provisions are spelled out in great detail in order to prevent any misunderstandings and to present to your students and faculty the finest in contemporary chemistry seminars.

Any immediate questions can be answered by calling Jones Group Productions at (302) 313-6257.

All provisions must be adhered to strictly. Please feel free to contact us at any time should there be any questions.

Looking forward to a successful visit.

Sincerely,

Sharon Schaps, Group Secretary

With apologies to Edward Lodewijk Van Halen

12 comments:

  1. Professor Jones will be happy to evaluate up to three female escort services majors after the seminar.

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    1. The Tri Delts have their own major?

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  2. A bowl of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed?

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    1. They later admitted that the brown M&M thing was a test. If the bowl had any brown M&M's, it was a sign that the folks at the venue hadn't read the instructions carefully and couldn't be trusted on the important items that were in there.

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    2. The Foo Fighters demand fresh underwear, presumably for the same reason. Or maybe because they thought it'd be funny.

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  3. Google Jack White's rider from OU a few years ago; it included a recipe on how to make guacamole.

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    1. Man, I thought I already had enough reasons to dislike that guy.

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    2. To be fair, that guacamole sounds really good.

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    3. Raw yellow onion? Make it red and I'll start listening.

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  4. IIRC, Iggy Pop circulated a rider with explanatory notes for all of the requests. A lot of them started to make sense after reading the explanations.

    But I love Prof. Jones' request for an illegal-to-sell-in-US laser pointer.

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  5. Reminds me of Al Jourgensen and his mandatory case of Coronas. If you see Ministry live, you might think the fence in front of the stage is to protect the band. It's actually to protect the audience.

    http://www.prefixmag.com/news/club-promoter-leaks-all-of-ministrys-music-as-reve/52366/

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  6. Well, he is a Jackass editor, so you've got to treat him well. Although I think the last time I saw Jones give a talk at an ACS meeting, only about 50-70 people showed up. That was before he became an editor though.

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