You might be an engineer if…

  • At Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to find the burned out bulb in the string of Christmas lights.
  • Choosing to buy flowers for your girlfriend or to spend the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma.
  • Everyone else on the Alaskan Cruise is on deck gazing at the scenery, and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room.
  • In college, you thought Spring Break was metal fatigue failure.
  • The Salespeople at the local computer store can’t answer any of your questions.
  • You are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling.
  • You bought your wife a new CD ROM drive for her birthday.
  • You can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie.
  • You can type 70 words per minute but can’t read your own handwriting.
  • You comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel.
  • You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects.
  • You have saved every power cord from all your broken appliances.
  • You have more friends on the internet than in real life.
  • You know what http:// stands for.
  • You look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids’ toys.
  • You see a good design and still have to change it.
  • You spent more on your calculator than you did on your wedding ring.
  • You still own a slide rule and you know how to use it.
  • You think that when people around you yawn, it’s because they didn’t get enough sleep.
  • You window shop at Radio Shack.
  • You’re both in the backseat of your car, she’s looking wistfully at the moon, and you’re trying to locate a geosynchronous satellite.
  • Your laptop computer costs more than your car.
  • Your wife hasn’t the foggiest idea of what you do at work.
  • You’ve already calculated how much you make per second.
  • You’ve have tried to repair a $5 radio.
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