You may be an engineer if you answer yes to 20 or more:
--Dilbert is your hero.
--You stare at an orange juice container because it says "concentrate."
--You want an 8X CDROM for Christmas.
--You can name six Star Trek episodes.
--The only jokes you receive are through e-mail.
--Your wrist watch has more computing power than a 486DX2-50.
--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 introduce your wife as "mylady@home.wife."
--Your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner.
--You can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie.
--You use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car.
--You have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than
hanging coats and taping ducts.
--If, at Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one
to find the burnt-out bulb in the string.
--If 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 takes five minutes to run.
--You are convinced you can build a phaser out of your garage door
opener and 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 and your co-workers have set out to modify the
antenna on the radio in your work area for better reception.
--You 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 the power cord from a broken appliance.
--You have ever purchased an electronic appliance "as-is".
--You see a good design and still have to change it.
--The salespeople at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions.
--You still own a slide rule and you 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 frequently 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 the TV.
--You have introduced your kids by the wrong name.
--You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
--If your I.Q. is higher than your weight.
--The microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush
up to the front to fix it.
--You can remember seven computer passwords but not your anniversary.
--You have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery Channel
and have seen most of the shows already.
--You have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what
RPN stands for.
--Your father sat two inches in front of your family's first color
TV with a magnifying lens to see how they made the colors, and
you grew up thinking that was normal.
--You know how to take the cover off of your computer, and what
size screw driver to use.
--You can type 70 words per minute but can't read your own handwriting.
--People groan at the party when you pick out the music.
--You can't remember where you parked your car for the third 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 heroes 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 computer than your car.
--You know what HTTP stands for.
--You've ever tried to repair a $5.00 radio.
--You have a neatly sorted collection of old bolts and nuts in your
garage.
--Your three-year-old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to
explain atmospheric absorption theory.
--Your four basic food groups are: Caffeine, Sugar, Fat, Chocolate.
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