[dangerdoc]

Not buying an explanation under 12,000 words.

[WayneS]

I know. Only 6,000 words. Pshaw. As a prophet of doom, she’s definitely an underachiever.

[shibumi]

"Not buying an explanation under 12,000 words."

Thanks. You made me chuckle twice with that one.

College memories of two professors in the English Department.
One accepted term papers at his desk in the classroom with a scale - the type you probably have in your kitchen.
Yup! He weighed each student submission for what he called "A tentative grade."
We were never really sure if he read the papers or not.

The second prof was an arrogant SOB who once returned a paper to me with a comment that went something like:
"While I cannot disagree with any of your statements or conclusions regarding this author's work, your submission is only 3/4ths the required length - *F*."