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One graduate student wrote his thesis, and came to the professor to ask, what is necessary literature.
The professor gave him a book that he himself had written.
Time passes, a graduate student prepared and brought the book back.

Next comes the dialogue:
(P) rofessor: you carefully read?
(A) spirant: Well, not literally, but close enough.

P: Open 178 page (approx. - About the middle of the book) and read the footnote below.
A reads: Every student read this far, can go to my chair, and get a bonus of scholarships.
A: The book has stood for 20 years 4 republication. Yet none came.
Am I so shitty writing, that no one even does not finish until the middle?