after that profound pronouncement , all and sundry in the field of psychiatry then descended on my inert frame , and it was open season for every wild theory and half-baked test ever dreamt up , with some even muttering incantations under their breath as they carried them out , although robin and alice did draw the line at cattle prods , and finally they unanimously decided on a case conference , and for over eight hours the great and good in the profession theorised and debated every aspect of my problem , and then finally , just before the restaurant closed its doors for the evening , they reached a unanimous decision i was living proof that man was descended from cabbages not apes .