I'm totally sympathetic with feeling the clock ticking for a PhD thesis submission (been there), however: I knew I could take this route but never did it. This

I'm totally sympathetic with feeling the clock ticking for a PhD thesis submission (been there), however: I knew I could take this route but never did it. This is a bit of a mockery of the whole purpose of a PhD thesis (it has to be your work primarily). This is just an advanced version of posting homework questions on the internet.