<p>Aries, I dunno about engineering for guys who want to "be there for their wives and kids."</p>
<p>I know a fair number of engineers and recently the following came my way, much as a cat will share a dead bird or mouse, and I immediately trans-shipped it to my various engineering friends:</p>
<p>Three men were discussing whether they preferred a wife or a mistress. </p>
<p>The architect said, "A wife, because it sets the foundation for a satisfying long-term relationship."</p>
<p>The artist said, "A mistress, because of the passion and mystery."</p>
<p>The engineer said, "Both." </p>
<p>"Both?" chorused the architect and artist.</p>
<p>"Yeah," said the engineer. "Because each will assume that you're spending time with the other and you can go into the lab and get some work done."</p>
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<p>The general reception to this was: "Ain't that the truth!"</p>