Psst! Wanna buy a Welsh degree?
Francis Sedgemore, Wednesday 5 October 2011 at 12:06 UTC
A proper doctor writes…
Any of you wish to buy a University of Wales PhD? Do not be satisfied with a common or garden bachelor degree, which in these straitened times will qualify you only to drive a van.
I have a space physics PhD for sale, little used and in excellent condition. It’s fuck all use to me.
Buyer’s nationality or immigration status immaterial. You don’t even need to understand the meaning of “Dyna ddeng mil o bunnoedd, os gwelwch yn dda.” Though it might help.
Feed the writer! 
Wednesday 5 October 2011 at 14:15 UTC
But does that degree make one a honorary Welshman? This is crucial, methinks.
Wednesday 5 October 2011 at 14:17 UTC
It makes one a dishonorary Welshman, the only kind.
Wednesday 5 October 2011 at 15:01 UTC
Hmmm the thing is with space science doctorates is that there just isn’t the demand. Tell you what give me a tenner and I’ll take it away in my van
Wednesday 5 October 2011 at 15:31 UTC
Ta for the kind offer, Jams, but in time I’ll sell the wretched thing for ten grand to someone with the ego and vanity to think that the title still commands respect and social esteem.
Saturday 8 October 2011 at 01:01 UTC
It’s University of Wales, in the days when there was one. Surely that has some antiquarian value?
Saturday 8 October 2011 at 01:22 UTC
Mwy na ddeng mil?