{"id":1488,"date":"2014-12-31T13:02:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T11:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/fun\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2014-12-31T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T11:02:47","slug":"engineering-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">What the Engineer says (What it really means)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A number of different approaches are being tried.<br \/>\nWe are still grasping at straws.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>We&#8217;re working on a fresh approach to the problem.<br \/>\nWe just hired three kids fresh out of college.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Close project coordination.<br \/>\nWe know who to blame.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Major technological break through.<br \/>\nIt works OK, but looks very hi-tech.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Customer satisfaction upon delivery is assured.<br \/>\nWe are so far behind schedule the customer is happy to get it delivered.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive.<br \/>\nThe darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Test results were extremely gratifying.<br \/>\nWe are so surprised that the stupid thing works.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>The entire concept will have to be abandoned.<br \/>\nThe only person who understood the thing quit.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>It is in process.<br \/>\nIt is so wrapped up in red tape that the situation is about hopeless.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>We&#8217;ll look into it.<br \/>\nForget it! We have enough problems for now.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Please read and initial.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s spread the responsibility for the mistake.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Give us the benefit of your thoughts.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn&#8217;t interfere with what we&#8217;ve already done.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Give us your interpretation.<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t wait to hear this!<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>See me, or Let&#8217;s Discuss.<br \/>\nCome into my office, I&#8217;m lonely.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>All new!<br \/>\nParts not interchangeable with the previous design.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Rugged<br \/>\nToo heavy to lift!<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Lightweight<br \/>\nLighter than rugged.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Years of development<br \/>\nOne finally worked.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Energy saving<br \/>\nAchieved when the power switch is off.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Low maintenance<br \/>\nImpossible to fix if broken.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the Engineer says (What it really means) A number of different approaches are being tried. We are still grasping at straws. We&#8217;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 break through. It works OK, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpmdr_menu":1,"wpmdr_menu_extended":{"individualPostRemove":1,"individualPostRemoveDate":1,"individualPostRemoveAuthor":1,"individualPostYoastRemovePublished":1,"individualPostYoastRemoveModified":1},"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[492,587],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dictionaries","tag-definitions","tag-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}