You may be an engineer if...

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You may be an engineer if...

  • You introduce your wife as "mylady@home.wife"

  • Your spouse sends you an email instead of calling you to dinner

  • You can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie

  • You want an 8X CDROM for Christmas

  • Dilbert is your hero

  • You stare at an orange juice container because it says CONCENTRATE

  • You can name 6 Star Trek episodes

  • The only jokes you receive are through email

  • Your wrist watch has more computing power than a 486DX-50

  • Your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the decimal point in the right place

  • You look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys

  • You use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car

  • You have used coat hangers & duct tape for something other than hanging coats & taping ducts

  • At Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to find the burnt-out light bulb in the string

  • You window shop at Radio Shack

  • Your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies

  • You have "Dilbert" comics displayed anywhere in your work area

  • You carry on a one hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually took five minutes to run

  • You are convinced you can build a phaser out of your garage door opener & your camera's flash attachment

  • You don't even know where the cover to your personal computer is

  • You have modified your can-opener to be microprocessor driven

  • You know the direction the water swirls when you flush

  • You own "Official Star Trek" anything

  • You have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what's inside

  • A team of you & your co-workers have set out to modify the antenna on the radio in your work area for better reception

  • You have ever burned down the gymnasium with your Science Fair project

  • You are currently gathering the components to build your own nuclear reactor

  • You own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts

  • You have never backed-up your hard drive

  • You are aware that computers are actually only good for playing games, but are afraid to say it out loud

  • You truly believe aliens are living among us

  • You have ever saved a power cord from a broken appliance

  • You have ever purchased an electric appliance "as-is"

  • You see a good design but still hsve to change it

  • The sales person at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions

  • You still own a slide rule & know how to work it

  • The thought that a CD could refer to finance or music never enters your mind

  • You own a set of itty-bitty screw drivers, but you don't remember where they are

  • You rotate your screen savers more than your automobile tires

  • You have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal

  • You have more toys than your kids

  • You need a checklist to turn on your TV

  • You have introduced your kids by the wrong name

  • You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work

  • Your I.Q. is bigger than your weight

  • The microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work & you rush up front to fix it

  • You can remember 7 computer passwords but not your anniversary

  • You have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery Channel & have seen most of the shows already

  • You have ever owned a calculator with no equal key & know what RPN stands for

  • Your father sat 2 inches in front of your family's first cloor TV with a magnifying lens to see how they made the colors, & you grew up thinking this was normal

  • You know how to take the cover off your computer, & what size screw driver to use

  • You can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting

  • People groan at a party when you pick out the music

  • You can't remember where you parked your car for the 3rd time this week

  • You did the sound system for your senior prom

  • Your checkbook always balances

  • Your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone

  • You have more friends on the internet than in real life

  • You thought the real heros of "Apollo 13" were the mission controllers

  • You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep

  • You spend more on your home computer than your car

  • You know what http:/ stand for

  • You've ever tried to repair a $5.00 radio

  • You have a neatly sorted collection of old bolts & nuts in your garage

  • Your 3 year old son asks you why the sky is blue & you try to explain the atmospheric absorption theory

  • Your lap-top computer costs more than your car

  • Your 4 basic food groups are: 1. caffèine 2. Fat 3. Sugar 4. Chocolate

    If you answered yes to any of these, You MAY be an .... ENGINEER!!!

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