Wit and Wisdom (a collection)

courtesy of THE blackboard (and other sources)

Dent: that cup of coffee I bought Friday at S'bucks is still sitting here
Dent: another day or two and it will be a sentient being.
Dent: I'm going to try and nurture it in hopes that it will help me train
         other cups of coffee to do my bidding.

"Ill be 27 years old with a BA, MPA and PhD, but no real job experience
 and ill still be working at Darwins."

"...And once you have tasted flight,
you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you long to return ..."

"If my life were a book,
would anyone want to read it?
More importantly, would I want to read it?"

"Only in engineering can you forget your home phone number
but have every metric to english conversion memorized cold"

"Only in engineering can you say no when a girl asks you to
go to her place since you have to study for a statics test and
then fail it the next day anyway"

"Only in engineering can you get a 50 on an exam and be
really pleased with yourself"

"Only in engineering can you pass all your 400 level engineering
courses but fail to graduate because you failed GEO-105
(your free elective)"

"You know you've had a few too many engineering courses when
you see an apartment sign advertising A/C! and think:"
(courtesy of Chris Paul)

"Only in engineering can you get 3 1/2 hours of sleep and feel
like a slacker because everyone else on your design team
got 2 1/2"


"The difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil
Engineers is that Mechanical Engineers build weapons,
Civil Engineers build targets."

"Only in engineering can you have sexual fantasies about a guy
because there arn't enough girls to dream about."  --Kimball (Yes he said this)