You Might Be An Engineer If…

You Might Be An Engineer If…
稵he only jokes you receive are through e-mail. 稟t Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to find the burnt-out bulb in the string of Christmas lights. 稡uying flowers for your girlfriend or spending the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma. 稥veryone else on the Alaskan Cruise is on deck peering at the scenery, and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room. 稩n college, you thought Spring Break was metal fatigue failure. 稵he Salespeople at Circuit City can’t answer any of your questions. ç©€ou are always late to meetings. ç©€ou are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling. ç©€ou are next in line on death row in a French Prison and you find that the guillotine is not working properly, so you offer to fix it. ç©€ou bought your wife a new CD ROM for her birthday. ç©€ou forget to get a haircut… for six months! ç©€ou can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie. ç©€ou can type 70 words per minute but can’t read your own handwriting ç©€ou can’t write unless the paper has both horizontal and vertical lines. ç©€ou comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel. ç©€ou go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects. ç©€ou have Dilbert comics displayed anywhere in your work area. ç©€ou have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance. ç©€ou have more friends on the internet than in real life. ç©€ou have never backed up your hard drive. ç©€ou have never bought any new underwear or socks for yourself since you got married. ç©€ou have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts. ç©€ou know what http:// stands for. ç©€ou look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids‘ toys. ç©€ou own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts. ç©€ou see a good design and still have to change it. ç©€ou spent more on your calculator than you did on your wedding ring. ç©€ou still own a slide rule and you know how to use it. ç©€ou think a pocket protector is a fashion accessory. ç©€ou think that when people around you yawn, it’s because they didn’t get enough sleep. ç©€ou wear black socks with tennis shoes (or vice versa). ç©€ou window shop at Radio Shack. ç©€ou’re in the backseat of your car, she’s looking wistfully at the moon, and your trying to locate a geosynchronous satellite. ç©€our checkbook always balances. ç©€our laptop computer costs more than your car. ç©€our wife hasn’t the foggiest idea of what you do at work. ç©€our wrist watch has more computing power than a 300 MHz Pentium. ç©€ou’ve already calculated how much you make per second. ç©€ou’ve ever tried to repair a $5 radio. ç©€our four basic food groups are: 1. Caffeine; 2. Fat; 3. Sugar; 4. Chocolate.