I’m not hugging any engineers until you move back to Maryland. And even then I might not. 
Ya know what they say, vunderbob - you can’t spell geek without EE!
The worst class I had to take at Purdue was my only EE class - it was a feedback circuits course taught by an arrogant grad student. His favorite line was “This is so simple, a child of three could do it!” So we did a final project by “A Child of Three” - written entirely in crayon. 
I often wonder if he got our message…
I want that for my signature!
Help yourself, vunderbob, I stole it myself from, um someone… Can’t recall where I first saw it.
And now for the Engineer’s song:
Godiva was a lady, who thru Coventry did ride
She showed the local populus her beautiful white hide
The most observent one that day was an Engineer of course
The only one who noticed that Godiva rode a horse!
Chorus:
We are, we are, we are, we are the engineers
We can, we can, we can demolish 40 beers
Drink up, drink up, drink up, drink up and come along with us
For we don’t give a damn for any man who don’t give a damn for us!
And now you know what I did in college
:smack:
I suppose in my defense, I should point out that MEs are the vainest of the engineering world…
For the clueless, the acronym for mechanical engineering is ME
BSEE here. I work extensively in the abstract realm: data, algorithms, codes, frequencies. Some people call it voodoo. I passed thermo and electromagnetic fields. Go me.
PictsiePat, here’s another similar cheer:
e to the u du dx!
e to the x dx!
Cosine, tangent, secant, sine!
Three-point-one-four-one-five-nine!
::jumps, attempts cartwheel; pens, screwdrivers, flashlight, and mechanical pencil fall out of pocket, knocking thick glasses off::
Mariemarie, your version of the cheer is the one I recall from the old days… I vaguely recall there were other engineering “in” jokes, but for the life of me, I can’t remember. It’s rough getting old…
Old engineers never die, then just, um, I don’t know…
Whoohoo!
Engineering degree - check
Pass thermodynamics - check
Yay me - I meet the rules I am an engineer!
Which means I get a whole week of celebrations as well but dammit no hugs. How well is thing publicised again?
Happy Week to my fellow Engineers!
Now, if only someone would tell my wife to “Hug an Engineer”. Hmmm… maybe I’ll pass it along, and pretend that I’m doing it so she can wish happy engineering week to her father. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
(And even us EE’s have to pass thermo!)
Hey, what about me? Can us Engineering Technologists take part?
I didn’t take thermodynamocs, but I managed to survive both Smith charts and Laplace transforms!
{{{{{{{if6was9 }}}}}. Have a good week, sweetie.
(not that I need an excuse to do that, but hey…)
YAY Engineers!!! I design industrial computers. I can officially fit 17 pounds of shit in a 5 pound box. YAY me!!!
Thanks Mo! Love you, sweetie!
Woo! I totally forgot that Engineers Week existed! I have a BSCE - hug me!
I work on roads and bridges n’ stuff like that. But I haven’t built anything yet. At the rate I’m going, that won’t happen for years and years. 
But I did pass thermo! The first time, even!
I’m working on my second Thermo class. Its a statistical one even. I passed the first with flying colors, but I still have one more year to go. Engineering physics here.
Andrew
I have to travel 7000 miles round trip just to hug all the engineers I’m related to!
But, being an English major, at least I can spend the time writing better verses than the engineers!
Julie
TOP 10 REASONS TO DATE AN ENGINEER
10. They are used to all nighters
9. They are always willing to experiment
8. They know how to decrease and increase friction
7. They know all about heat transfer
6. They do it with more torque
5. Engineering couples have better moments
4. They know how to deal with stress and strain
3. They know how to test their rigid cantelevers
2. “Lubrication, friction, and wear” is really a class
- They design and build larger erections
That’s damned funny.
Geez, I’m a geek.
An engineer dies and reports to hell. Soon the engineer becomes
dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell and starts designing and
building improvements.
After a short while, hell has air conditioning, flush toilets, and
escalators. The engineer is becoming a very popular guy.
One day God calls Satan on His cell phone and says with a sneer,
“So, how’s it going down there in hell?”
Satan replies, “Things are going great. We now have air
conditioning, flush toilets, and escalators. There is no telling what this
new engineer is going to come up with next!”
God shouts, “What? You’ve got an engineer down there? That’s a
mistake. An engineer should never have been sent to hell; send him up here
right now.”
Satan says, “Sorry, no way. I like having an engineer on the
staff, and I’m keeping him.”
God replies, “Send him up here, or I’ll sue.”
Satan laughs uproariously. “Yeah, right. And just where are you
going to get a lawyer?”
Jeez, I ask for a “National Lawyers Week”, and this is what I get? Now I REALLY need a hug.