# 74 Signs That You Might Be an Engineer

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**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/74-signs-that-you-might-be-an-engineer/161020 "2005-08-31T12:44:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/74-signs-that-you-might-be-an-engineer/161020/1 "2005-08-31T12:44:21Z")

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these crack meup :D:D:D

# If you introduce your wife as “mylady@home.wife”

# If your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner

# If you can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie

# If you want a 20X CDROM for Christmas

# If Dilbert is your hero

# If you stare at an orange juice container because it says CONCENTRATE

# If you can name 6 Star Trek episodes

# If the only jokes you receive are through e-mail

# If your wrist watch has more computing power than a 486DX-50

# If your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the decimal point in the right place

# If you look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids’ toys

# If you use a CAD package to design your son’s Pine Wood Derby car

# If you have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts

# If, at Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to find the burnt-out bulb in the string

# If you window shop at Radio Shack

# If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies

# If you have “Dilbert” comics displayed anywhere in your work area

# If you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually takes five minutes to run

# If you are convinced you can build a phazer out of your garage door opener and your camera’s flash attachment

# If you don’t even know where the cover to your personal computer is

# If you have modified your can-opener to be microprocessor driven

# If you know the direction the water swirls when you flush

# If you own “Official Star Trek” anything

# If you have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what’s inside

# If a team of you and your co-workers have set out to modify the antenna on the radio in your work area for better reception

# If you thought the concoction ET used to phone home was stupid

# If you ever burned down the gymnasium with your Science Fair project

# If you are currently gathering the components to build your own nuclear reactor

# If you own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts

# If you have never backed-up your hard drive

# If you are aware that computers are actually only good for playing games, but are afraid to say it out loud

# If you truly believe aliens are living among us

# If you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance

# If you have ever purchased an electronic appliance “as-is”

# If you see a good design and still have to change it

# If the salespeople at Circuit City can’t answer any of your questions

# If you still own a slide rule and you know how to work it

# If the thought that a CD could refer to finance or music never enters your mind

# If you own a set of itty-bitty screw drivers, but you don’t remember where they are

# If you rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires

# If you have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal

# If you have more toys than your kids

# If you need a checklist to turn on the TV

# If you have introduced your kids by the wrong name

# If your wife thinks your taste in ties is bizarre

# If you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work

# If your I.Q. number is bigger than your weight

# If the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don’t work and you rush up to the front to fix it

# If you can remember 7 computer passwords but not your anniversary

# If you have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery channel and have seen most of the shows already

# If you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what RPN stands for

# If your father sat 2 inches in front of your family’s first color TV with a magnifying lens to see how they made the colors, and you grew up thinking that was normal

# If you know how to take the cover off of your computer, and what size screw driver to use

# If you can type 70 words a minute but can’t read your own handwriting

# If people groan at the party when you pick out the music

# If you can’t remember where you parked your car for the 3rd time this week

# If people hound you for pocket protectors at Halloween time

# If you did the sound system for your senior prom

# If your checkbook always balances

# If your girlfriend says the way you dress is no reflection on her

# If your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone

# If you have more friends on the Internet than in real life

# If you thought the real heroes of “Apollo 13” were the mission controllers

# If you think your computer looks better without the cover

# If you think that when people around you yawn, its because they didn’t get enough sleep

# If your wife hasn’t the foggiest idea what you do at work

# If you spend more on your home computer than your car

# If you know what http:/ stands for

# If you’ve ever tried to repair a $5.00 radio

# If you have a neatly sorted collection of old bolts and nuts in your garage

# If your favorite part of the 6 o clock news is comparing their latest satellite weather picture with yours

# If your three year old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory

# If your lap-top computer costs more than your car

# If your 4 basic food groups are: 1.Caffeine 2.Fat 3.Sugar 4.Chocolate