An example of what academics do to blow off steam:
This is a detail of a long whiteboard hanging in the basement hallway near my research lab. Sometime this fall, a colleague divided part of the board into a grid, and wrote “Sheep drawing contest! Rules: Draw a sheep” at the top. Students and other faculty did the rest (this image includes three of my own contributions– see if you can guess which ones).
Since this was taken, the department technician has added first, second, and third-place prize ribbons on magnets, so people can judge the drawings. We’re easily amused.
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