Since our friend Guillaume just graduated this summer, I can show you what his hat looked like. It had a suitcase because he had a saga with lost luggage last year, the Eiffel tower because he's French, a wine bottle with a label from his family's vineyard, pics of friends, images from his research, etc., etc. It was a masterpiece:
Granted, Guillaume's had to be the most complicated Doktorhut ever to grace this green earth. It had two layers, played music, had LED lights, a steel reinforced cylinder....in other words, this thing weighed a ton! Thus the reason that Guillaume needed help to keep the thing on his head during the obligatory picture:
I think the reason that I like the defenses so much more here, is that they make such a big deal out of it. The whole department gets excited. Families come in town to celebrate. Everyone goes to see them give their talk. When the successful candidate passes and comes back upstairs to greet everyone, they are presented with their hat (with the obligation to determine what everything means), followed by a champagne toast and a big party. Of course, you have to pay for the party yourself, but it's a small price to pay for the fun and excitement of the day.
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Your hat is made of stiff red paper; on it is glued a picture of you and Andy kissing in front of the Moon Pie cake at the
blue grass party. The edges of your hat are fringed with pink boa feathers. To the left of the crown sits a small electron microscope, an art easel with a chili pepper painting, and a piano. At the crown, sits a tuff of cat grass. Hanging from the left front is a baskset full of chocolates, lemons, fine cooking pots and a Blythe doll. Instead of a ribbon around the crown, a ring of your Roo shoes, some shimmery thong panties, your Passport, some nice pens and gemstones are artfully arrayed. Butterflies light on the stones. On the right, a silver ladder descends, each step displays light variations and equations, weights and measures, family and friends photos, all shifting in a dazzling display which keeps the hat balanced and easy to wear.
Very nice. Maybe you should come visit and be an official creative consultant. :) Right now it's Doktorhut mania with many students graduating at once, and I'm sure they could use some new inspiration.
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