A bit of self indulgence here (If not here, where? If not now, when? If not me, who … er … whom?).
I have worked with engineers for many years and, as a group, I find their world view fascinating and very different from mine. Their capacity to store and retrieve technical data often leaves me flawed and more than a little green. However, and notwithstanding the imperative to avoid stereotyping, they are good to take the p out of.
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Engineering? Whatever next? – Quantam Whatknots?!
But I’m engineeringly comfortable with WD40 and gaffer tape, and I’d add a largish mallet. After that, I’m lost.
Re the pic – I’m pretty sure the bloke on the left has just come from an audition for Rocky Horror. IMVHO, of course.
The mallet is a good addition OR and my late farmer father-in-law, a hands-on engineer if ever there was one, would never be caught without ‘cockies joy’ in the ute, aka wire. (Some define cockies joy as golden syrup and although my F-I-L loved that too, I won’t have it.)
Yep – I’ll grant wire. Always had a wire coat hanger in me car over the years. It usually ended up supporting dubious exhaust pipe!
The syrupy ‘cockies joy’ Is Outrage and makes the Baby Jesus cry. It featured daily smeared on stale bread for ‘afternoon tea’ at my (primary) boarding school, and it was a treat that had to be eaten. Them were the days. Young folks today…..
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