· Real Engineers consider themselves well dressed if their socks match
· Real Engineers buy their spouses a set of matched screwdrivers for their birthday
· Real Engineers wear mustaches or beards for "efficiency". Not because they're lazy
· Real engineers have a non-technical vocabulary of 800 words
· Real Engineers know the second law of thermodynamics - but not their own shirt size
· Real Engineers repair their own cameras, telephones, televisions, watches, and automatic transmissions
· Real Engineers say It's 70 degrees Fahrenheit, 25 degrees Celsius, and 298 degrees Kelvin
and all you say is Isn't it a nice day
· Real Engineers give you the feeling you're having a conversation with a dial tone or busy signal
· Real Engineers wear badges so they don't forget who they are. Sometimes a note is attached saying Don't offer me a ride today. I drove my own car
· Real Engineers' politics run towards acquiring a parking space with their name on it and an office with a window
· Real Engineers know the "ABC's of Infrared" from A to B
· Real Engineers rotate their tires for laughs
· Real Engineers' briefcases contain a Phillips screwdriver
a copy of "Quantum Physics", and
a half of a peanut butter sandwich
· Real Engineers don't find the above at all funny
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Best Wishes
NOOR