Things Partners of Academics Say

You are in Iceland ... really ... I thought you were going to be home tonight.

Have you made that travel claim yet? 

But ... we are supposed to be at the school parents evening ... 

I really cannot see why you need that old textbook. 

You see more of your students than you do of me. 

Is the Dean's dinner really more important than our anniversary? 

How many old conference bags does one person actually need? 

I know you -say- that sitting in a hot tub in Hawaii is work, but I find it rather difficult to believe. 

First author ... last author ... I really cannot see why you are making such a fuss. 

No, a t-shirt that says 'software engineers do it top-down' cannot "be worn anywhere" ...