Because some of us interacted with the students actually writing their dissertations, and it's a bit awkward when they use the number, and you have to go and glance at the transcript and end up blurting out "Oh, yeah, the worm sex statement!"
Clearly you've never had the misfortune of the room going suddenly quiet in the moments before you say it. People think we're weird enough without that coming out of our mouths.
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[It's a triumphant sing-song tone.]
The Rentoul statement really screwed up our scorecard on that one, uh-- statement 0112..9... 05?
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As if they aren't going to read it in twenty minutes and discover it's the worm sex statement.
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