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To: SandRat

I worked with a female mechanical engineer, who, when asked why there were so few female mechanical engineers, would hold her thumb and index finger two inches apart and say: "When you have been told this is six inches, for so long, it is really hard to get the other measurements right!"


11 posted on 12/09/2005 5:42:56 PM PST by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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13 posted on 12/09/2005 5:45:12 PM PST by Semper911 ("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
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To: SubMareener

So they became accountants, correct?

Prospective employer: "How much is two plus two?
Accountant: "How much do you want it to be?":


23 posted on 12/09/2005 5:57:21 PM PST by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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