[1195] in Humor
HUMOR: Real Engineers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Fri Nov 10 14:56:32 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:36:04 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:05:50 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
From: cate3@netcom.com
Real Engineers...
Real Engineers consider themselves well dressed if their socks match.
Real Engineers buy their spouses a set of matched screw- drivers for their
birthday.
Real Engineers wear moustaches or beards for "efficiency". Not because they're
lazy.
Real engineers have a non-technical vocabulary of 800 words.
Real Engineers think a "biting wit" is their fox terrier.
Real Engineers know the second law of thermodynamics - but not their own shirt
size.
Real Engineers repair their own cameras, telephones, televisions, watches,
and automatic transmissions.
Real Engineers say "It's 70 degrees Fahrenheit, 25 degrees Celsius, and 298
degrees Kelvin" and all you say is "Isn't it a nice day"
Real Engineers give you the feeling you're having a conversation with a dial
tone or busy signal.
Real Engineers wear badges so they don't forget who they are. Sometimes a note
is attached saying "Don't offer me a ride today. I drove my own car".
Real Engineers' politics run towards acquiring a parking space with their name
on it and an office with a window.
Real Engineers know the "ABC's of Infrared" from A to B.
Real Engineers rotate their tires for laughs.
Real Engineers will make four sets of drawings (with seven revisions) before
making a bird bath.
Real Engineers' briefcases contain a Phillips screwdriver, a copy of "Quantum
Physics", and a half of a peanut butter sandwich.
Real Engineers don't find the above at all funny.
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