Comments on: sell out https://thisfish.com/sell-out/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sam the Geek https://thisfish.com/sell-out/#comment-7930 Sam the Geek Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:33:05 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=947#comment-7930 <p>Engineers aren't the worst; that would be actuaries (of which profession I'm a proud and stereotypical member.) These are when you sit next to them at aconference for four hours, and say "hello, I'm Sam" at the end, 2 times out of 3 they look at you like you are mad. Great quote: "if you think posting on a BB on Friday night counts as a social life, you'r eone of us."</p> Engineers aren’t the worst; that would be actuaries (of which profession I’m a proud and stereotypical member.) These are when you sit next to them at aconference for four hours, and say “hello, I’m Sam” at the end, 2 times out of 3 they look at you like you are mad. Great quote: “if you think posting on a BB on Friday night counts as a social life, you’r eone of us.”

]]> By: impossiblejane https://thisfish.com/sell-out/#comment-7929 impossiblejane Fri, 03 Dec 2004 04:41:14 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=947#comment-7929 <p>OHHHH, Engineers are the worst. VERY BORING. I dated one for about nine months. Yawn.</p> OHHHH, Engineers are the worst. VERY BORING. I dated one for about nine months. Yawn.

]]> By: Coelecanth https://thisfish.com/sell-out/#comment-7928 Coelecanth Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:53:56 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=947#comment-7928 <p>I'm afraid I must go to bat (wood not aluminium, I'm a bit of a tradtionalist) for at least a segment of the engineering population.</p><br /><br /><p>My S.O. is an engineer and she's not at all like most of them, ie: boring old farts. Indeed, her department is 90% female and the mean age is closer to 30 than usual engineering one of 50. </p><br /><br /><p>When the "Girly Gang" gets together, watch out. Or better yet, run. You're liable to wake the next morn' hanging head down off a bridge in a cleverly designed harness of cocktail napkins and drink parasols.</p><br /><br /><p>Sorry you had to endure a bunch of engineers conforming to the stereotype, but congrats on the reprint.</p> I’m afraid I must go to bat (wood not aluminium, I’m a bit of a tradtionalist) for at least a segment of the engineering population.

My S.O. is an engineer and she’s not at all like most of them, ie: boring old farts. Indeed, her department is 90% female and the mean age is closer to 30 than usual engineering one of 50.

When the “Girly Gang” gets together, watch out. Or better yet, run. You’re liable to wake the next morn’ hanging head down off a bridge in a cleverly designed harness of cocktail napkins and drink parasols.

Sorry you had to endure a bunch of engineers conforming to the stereotype, but congrats on the reprint.

]]> By: Robotnik https://thisfish.com/sell-out/#comment-7927 Robotnik Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:30:57 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=947#comment-7927 <p>Yes, congrats. Now, if you could somehow get them (the Guardian) to juxtapose your column with Chris Hitchens'.</p><br /><br /><p>Also...re: John Tesh comment--throw in Yanni and Manheim Feckin' Steamroller, and it's perfect.</p> Yes, congrats. Now, if you could somehow get them (the Guardian) to juxtapose your column with Chris Hitchens’.

Also…re: John Tesh comment–throw in Yanni and Manheim Feckin’ Steamroller, and it’s perfect.

]]> By: Stuart https://thisfish.com/sell-out/#comment-7926 Stuart Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:12:38 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=947#comment-7926 <p>Excellent! The Guardian ever was the newspaper most aware of blogging and bloggers, so I would have been more surprised if they <i>hadn't</i> asked nicely to reprint it.</p><br /><br /><p>Nicely done, Fish, nicely done!</p> Excellent! The Guardian ever was the newspaper most aware of blogging and bloggers, so I would have been more surprised if they hadn’t asked nicely to reprint it.

Nicely done, Fish, nicely done!

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