<p>Elbonia all over again. </p>
<p>My sister in law is a stay-at-home mom despite a law degree from the flagship national university. The market there is so over-supplied that the only jobs were insurance salesperson or notary public type positions. </p>
<p>Most cab drivers have college degrees there as well, often displaying them in the cab next to the municipal taxi license.</p>
<p>But, the best example of Elbonian career lore came about when we were seniors in college… The joke went like this:</p>
<p>A BSEE guy graduates from the National University and can’t find any job. He finally lands a job with the circus as an electrician. One day he’s asked to climb the catwalk over the lions’ pen to replace some light bulbs. He misses a step and falls right in the pen. As the lions circle around him making noises and threatening moves, he goes on his knees to pray: “Oh Lord, what fate awaits me, a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the National University”. To which the lions respond in unison “Be quiet you bozo. We’re all Mechanical Engineering graduates from the National University”…</p>