joles
I'm trying to figure out which ones don't apply.....
I've highlighted in blue the ones I'm not embarrassed to admit...
to_do_list
You Might be an Engineer If...
... the only jokes you receive are through e-mail.
... you can't write unless the paper has both horizontal and vertical lines.
... at Christmas, it goes without saying that you'll be the one to find the burnt-out bulb in the string.
... Dilbert is your hero.
... people groan at the party when you pick out the music.
... the thought that a CD could refer to music never enters your mind.
... when you go into a computer store, you eavesdrop on the salesperson talking with customers, you butt in to correct him, and spend the next twenty minutes answering the customers' questions while the salesperson stands silently by, nodding his head.
... you are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling...trick question...depends whether his arms are in or out
... you can name at least 6 Star Trek episodes.
... you can quote the scenes from any Monty Python movie.
... you can type 70 words per minute but you can't read your own handwriting.
... you comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel.
... you do Darth Vader or Battlestar Galactica impersonations by talking into a spinning fan.
... you have "Dilbert" comics displayed anywhere in your work area.
... you have ever debated who was a better captain: Kirk or Picard...Picard
... you have ever owned a calculator with no equals key...why doesn't anybody else understand Reverse Polish Logic
... you have introduced your kids by the wrong name.
... you have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts...not quite correct...I maintain that there is nothing that can't be repaired with a cable tie
... you know how to take the cover off your computer and what size screwdriver to use.
... you know what "http://" stands for.
... you own official "Star Trek" anything.
... you own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts.
... you rearrange the dishwasher to maximize the packing factor.
... you remember half a dozen passwords and your ten-digit Compuserve address, but you have to call your niece "kiddo."...I don't use Compuserve
... you rooted for HAL.
... you see a good design and still have to change it.
... you think Sales and Marketing are Satan's children.
... you think that when people around you yawn it's because they didn't get enough sleep.
... you thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission controllers...of course!...they figured out the carbon scrubber thing without the engineers the bloody bus drivers...sorry astronauts... ...wouldn't have made it back....
... you window shop at **** Smith Electronics
... your four basic food groups are 1) Caffeine 2) Fat 3) Sugar and 4) Chocolate.
... your checkbook always balances.
... your favorite actor is R2D2.
... your favorite character on Gilligan's Island was "The Professor."...NO! he had eyes for Marianne.....
... your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets.
... your Internet bill is higher than your long distance charges.
... your three year old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory...he was five
... your wife hasn't the foggiest idea what you do at work.
... your wife thinks your taste in ties is bizarre.
... you consider yourself well dressed if your socks match.
... you wear a moustache or beard for "efficiency."
... you have a non-technical vocabulary of 800 words.
... you know the second law of thermodynamics but not your shirt size.
... you make 4 sets of drawings (with seven revisions) before making a bird bath...as pointed out the cubby had "drawings"
... politically correct people call you "organizationally challenged."
I score 30/45.....