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You may be an engineer....
)If Dilbert is your hero
)If the highlight of Christmas is putting together the kids' toys
)If you shop at Radio Shack
)If you use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car
)If it goes without saying you will be the one to find the burnt-out
  bulb in the string of holiday lights
)If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest
  sci-fi movies for technical inaccuracies
)If you have Dilbert comics displayed anywhere in your work area
)If you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test
  that actually takes five minutes to run
)If you not only know the names of the astronauts but the exact date 
  and time of the first lunar landing (3:17 PM CDT, July 20, 1969)
)If you use engineering paper for everyday correspondance
)If you are convinced you can build a phazer out of your garage door
  opener and your camera's flash attachment
)If you know the direction the water swirls when you flush
)If when someone comments on the "mirage" effect in the desert as a
  reflection of water you must correct them since it is actually
  refraction of light
)If you have taken the back off your TV just to see what"s inside
)If a team of you and your co-workers have set out to modify the
  antenna on the radio in your work area for better reception
)If you own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts
)If you can name 6 Star Trek episodes
)If you have ever purchased an electronic appliance "as-is"
)If you see a good design and still have to change it
)If the salespeople at Circtui City can't answer any of your questions
)If you still own a slide ruler and know how it works
)If you have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery Channel
)If you have ever promised your spouse you can build an item better and
  cheaper than can be bought but never do it
)If you rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile
  tires
)If the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush
  up to the front to fix it
)If you have a favorite brand of mechincal pencil
)If spilling coffee while on the phone is such a common occurrence
  for you that you don't even miss a beat in your conversiation as you
  scramble to move things aside and dab at the papers on your desk
)If you have more Star Wars toys than your kids
)If you can remember 7 computer passwords but not who's supposed to 
  pick up the kids
)If you consistantly flip the TV to the NASA channel so not to miss a
  broadcast and what the heck, the NASA logo adds a certain motif to 
  your decor
)If you spent megabucks on your home computer and laptop but you
  drive around in a beat up junker
)If when your child asks for help with a model airplane you take over
  insisting that there are design flaws
)If you ever tried to repair a $5.00 radio
)If your three year old asks why the sky is blue and you try to
  explain atmospheric absorption theory
)If you thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission
  controllers!

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