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To: Pharmboy
When I worked for the State Highway Department in Colorado we had someone pass around a "definition" of an engineer. It really seemed to fit some of them working for the Highway Department. I laughed so much I made sure to save it. Here it is:

Definition of an Engineer

"An engineer is one who passes as an exacting expert on the strength of being able to turn out with prolific fortitude strings of incomprehensible formulae calculated with micrometric precision from extremely vague assumptions which are based on debatable figures acquired from inconclusive tests and quite incomplete experiments carried out with instruments of problematic accuracy by persons of doubtful reliability and rather dubious mentality with particular anticipation of disconcerting and annoying everyone outside their own fraternity."

Loved the ones you posted also. Am going to copy them for future chuckles!

103 posted on 02/27/2002 3:24:24 PM PST by Pablo64
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To: Pablo64
That definition would fit all the environmental whackos also!
105 posted on 02/27/2002 3:34:55 PM PST by dalereed
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