Understanding Engineers [Humor]

Email from an Engineer Friend ^ | 2-27-02 | Anon.

[lepton]

Thermodynamics is PV = nRT to us, dude...

How are your lawn-burrowers doing?

[lepton]

5.) 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
6.) 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11

Are you sure about #6? I'd use C6H12O6 instead.

[Pablo64]

When I worked for the State Highway Department in Colorado we had someone pass around a "definition" of an engineer. It really seemed to fit some of them working for the Highway Department. I laughed so much I made sure to save it. Here it is:

Definition of an Engineer

"An engineer is one who passes as an exacting expert on the strength of being able to turn out with prolific fortitude strings of incomprehensible formulae calculated with micrometric precision from extremely vague assumptions which are based on debatable figures acquired from inconclusive tests and quite incomplete experiments carried out with instruments of problematic accuracy by persons of doubtful reliability and rather dubious mentality with particular anticipation of disconcerting and annoying everyone outside their own fraternity."

Loved the ones you posted also. Am going to copy them for future chuckles!

[AUsome Joy]

My husband, the chemist, says that thinking of Santa this way is thinking in the box. Thinking out of the box, he says that maybe Santa can make toys as he goes. He just reaches out into thin air and poof there is a toy. So he doesn't need to worry about carrying all those toys. But I say, "What about the Elves and the North Pole?"

Being married to a research chemist has its own set of problems. Whenever I make comments, I have to back them up with footnotes and a bibliography. I have started saying that what I just stated was in Good Housekeeping, Vol 6 Page 64. Or for this forum, National Review,etc.

By the way, I like your personal page.

[dalereed]

That definition would fit all the environmental whackos also!

[WIMom]

I like yours too! LOL! When I started FR, I had no clue how to do html. That's one perk about being an engineer, we can figger stuff out. Just tell your husband all requested references will be submitted when your patent is approved ;-)

[Washington-Husky]

Are you sure about #6? I'd use C6H12O6 instead.

I don't have a problem with that. Just make sure it's unrefined C6H1206! That's the important thing. It gives those cookies a certain... how do you say, character. (And leave a few for Santa Claus, too, will ya'? ;-)

[Pablo64]

True, so true. However, I just have to believe that the engineers don't do with the type of malice and larceny in their hearts that the enviro-wackos do.

[Washington-Husky]

re post #93

LOL! You mean there really isn't a Santa Claus?? Damn!!

(Oh well, here.. have a chocolate chip cookie instead! ;|)

[dalereed]

Only those that are civil service.

[Pharmboy]

Ping*

[WIMom]

Thanks, don't mind if I do. Ya think we could save a couple cookies for next Christmas? Looks like they might preserve well.

[fnord]

bump for later

[Washington-Husky]

Looks like they might preserve well.

lol! Yeah, looks like they might even glow in the dark, too, now that you mention it! (Maybe use 'em as Christmas tree lights?)

[Scully]

Don't know if you saw this or not :)

[RadioAstronomer]

Yep. :) Many times too (for some of them) when I was in school! LOL! Lots of physicist jokes out there too. :)

[RadioAstronomer]

You might be an engineer if:

What is sad is I have actually "done" most of those! :)

[andysandmikesmom]

My son is an engineer, and boy, do I see him in some of these replies...when he took his year long around the world trip, he gave up his apartment, and moved all his stuff down to our house to store for him...I never saw so many computers in my life, except in the stores...every time the company he worked for, upgraded their computers, they were just going to throw their old stuff out...no chance..my son grabbed everything

an engineers mind absolutely does work differently from others...sometimes I dont understand anything my son says, when he talks about work...thanks for the humor...

[Pharmboy]

But Lord knows civilization would be in bad shape without those engineers... Cheers!

[Incorrigible]

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers bump!!