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Post by frazer on Nov 19, 2014 21:00:59 GMT -5
How can you tell if an engineer is an extrovert?
When he's talking, he stares at YOUR shoes.
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Post by epaul on Nov 19, 2014 21:37:05 GMT -5
Well, engineers are mentioned in this joke...
Three surgeons are hanging out at the lunch counter discussing their easiest patients.
The first surgeon said, "I like to operate on accountants. When open them up, everything is numbered. Easy Peasy.
The second surgeon said, "True enough, but, I like operating on electricians, everything inside of them is color coded. Can't beat that."
The third surgeon said, "Yep, all true, but I prefer operating on construction workers, they understand if there are a few parts left over."
(oh, I guess there were four surgeons)
So, the fourth surgeon says, "You all make good points, but I think politicians are the easiest to operate on of all. Open them up, and there's no guts and no heart to worry about, plus, the head and the ass are interchangeable."
(I guess there wasn't an engineer. I thought there was. Maybe a schematic drawing on the belly flap?}
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Post by Village Idiot on Nov 19, 2014 22:45:21 GMT -5
There is a certain school district I visit that has a dispoportionatley large number of students who are not necessarily autistic, but whose behaviors fall on the autism spectrum. 38% higher, in fact, than the rest of the US. And a large portion of parents who have children attending that district work for a place that employs lots of engineers, Rockwell Collins.* *We have a forumite who used to work there, but does not fit into that category.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Nov 19, 2014 23:56:39 GMT -5
Nancy's nephew, who has a PhD in nuclear engineering, says grad school, especially in the sciences, is daycare for people with Asbergers. (Though I think Asbergers is no longer a term that is used.)
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Post by millring on Nov 20, 2014 13:24:49 GMT -5
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Post by Village Idiot on Nov 20, 2014 23:18:38 GMT -5
Nancy's nephew, who has a PhD in nuclear engineering, says grad school, especially in the sciences, is daycare for people with Asbergers. (Though I think Asbergers is no longer a term that is used.) You are correct. Suddenly, no one has Aspergers anymore. People with Aspergers fall onto the "autism spectrum". It's a politically correct way of describing someone with high intelligence who ain't quite right.
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Post by jdd2 on Nov 21, 2014 5:45:50 GMT -5
Last year I had a student who seemed to be on the spectrum. He had eight cell phones (mostly clamshell), and each one was slotted to a particular aspect of his life.
I'm not sure how it all worked, but those phones were a big part of how how he organized his interaction with life and got around in the world.
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Post by Hobson on Nov 21, 2014 16:06:03 GMT -5
I've been married to an engineer for almost 32 years. I'm still sometimes surprised at the things that he just doesn't get. It's like explaining social interactions to Sheldon on "Big Bang."
Being an accountant (and having the personality that goes with it), there are things that I don't get either.
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