Archive for asides
English sentences (1)
Is that a subject/verb disagreement in your pocket, or is you just glad to see me?
Engineering dictionary (2)
Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive (The damn thing blew up when we threw the switch.)
Test results were extremely gratifying (We are so surprised that the stupid thing works.)
The entire concept will have to be abandoned. (The only person who understood the thing quit.)
It is in process. (It is so wrapped up in red tape [...]
Engineering dictionary (1)
A number of different approaches are being tried. (We are still grasping at straws.)
We’re working on a fresh approach to the problem.(We just hired three kids fresh out of college.)
Close project coordination (We know who to blame.)
Major technological breathrough (It works OK, but looks very hi-tech.
Customer satisfaction upon delivery is assured. (We are so far [...]
Science (1)
So, a chemistry professor and his assistant were working on a negatively charged liberating hydroxyl ion when the assistant says “Wait professor, what if the salicylic acid doesn’t accept the hydroxyl ions?” and the professor replies “That’s no hydroxyl ion, THAT’S MY WIFE!”
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