And what does a college degree mean these days? It gets you a better job, but as far as the country is concerned it means ****. **** come out of college knowing no more than when they went in. And most of what they do know is wrong.
In Pratchett's Hogfather, the Eater of Socks is a small creature with a flared trunk for sucking in socks. But there has to be spare belief hanging around for him to exist.