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Professor Foot

He's an idiot. Degree in woodwork. I ask you.

— Help! • 1965

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker dismisses someone as an idiot and offers a degree in woodwork as proof, as if the qualification speaks for itself. The closing 'I ask you' appeals for agreement, turning the remark into a sneering rhetorical question about how absurd the person's credentials are.

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