Honorary degree

I am scheduling a Ph.D. comprehensive exam for one of our students. She has a professor from India on her committee who wrote me this email last night:

Dear Professor Ash,
Date and time duly noted.
regrds,
Rxxxxxx Pxxxx (curently from London)

This morning I received an email from one of the other (local) committee members:

Lydia, FYI--in the Indian educational system, which is based on the British, someone with a title like "graduate secretary" would be a faculty member--that is, leader of the graduate faculty. So you have magically acquired a Ph.D., etc.!

From my general experience with people who have advanced degrees, I'm not sure if I should be honored or horrified.

Starstraf's substitute friday five

Thanks, starstraf!

1. What is the thing you are most likely to forget when you leave the house in the morning?
The box of tissues to replace the one I used up the day before.

2. How low do you allow the gas level to get before you refill the tank?
Until the indicator touches the top of the orange empty line.

3. What is the snackfood you are most likely to purchase when stopping at a gas station on a road trip?
I try to avoid snack food. But if I'm lost and starving to death, probably a Slim Jim.

4. Name two colors you will never wear at the same time.
Green and purple. Good on others (roya_spirit), bad on me.

5. Which would you prefer? a backrub or a footrub?
Depends. Have I been walking all day or sitting at my desk?