You Might Be An Engineer

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You might be an engineer if..



- At Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to

  find the burned out bulb in the string of Christmas lights.



- Choosing to buy flowers for your girlfriend or to spend the money to

  upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma.



- Everyone else on the Alaskan Cruise is on deck gazing at the

  scenery, and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room.



- In college, you thought Spring Break was metal fatigue failure.



- The Salespeople at the local computer store can't answer any of your

  questions.



- You are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling.



- You bought your wife a new CD ROM drive for her birthday.



- You can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie.



- You can type 70 words per minute but can't read your own

  handwriting.



- You comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and

  parallel.



- You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to

  see how they do the special effects.



- You have saved every power cord from all your broken appliances.



- You have more friends on the internet than in real life.



- You know what http:// stands for.



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



- You see a good design and still have to change it.



- You spent more on your calculator than you did on your wedding ring.



- You still own a slide rule and you know how to use it.



- You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't

  get enough sleep.



- You window shop at Radio Shack.



- You're both in the backseat of your car, she's looking wistfully at

  the moon, and you're trying to locate a geosynchronous satellite.



- Your laptop computer costs more than your car.



- Your wife hasn't the foggiest idea of what you do at work.



- You've already calculated how much you make per second.



- You've have tried to repair a $5 radio.