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Not Too Terrible A young apprentice optometrist recently got careless and got his hand caught in the lens grinder. He wasn't seriously hurt, but he certainly made a spectacle of himself... :) :) :)

Elementary Physics Two atoms are walking down the street and one starts looking around, kind of weird. The other one asks, "What's wrong?" "I have lost one of my electrons!" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive!" :) :) :)

Corporate Life #36 Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asked a young Engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you looking for?" The Engineer replies, "In the region of $200,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The interviewer...

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The Thanksgiving Spirit A man was walking down the street on Thanksgiving day when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner. The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money...

A Year In The Life Of A Blonde January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels....Helllloooo!!!.....bottles won't fit in typewriter!!! March - Got really excited.....finished jigsaw puzzle in 6...

Smart Old Dog A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost.. Wandering about, he notices a leopard...

At The Zoo This guy needs a job and decides to apply at the zoo. As it happened, their star attraction, a gorilla, had passed away the night before and they had carefully preserved his hide. They tell this guy that they'll pay him well if he would dress up in the gorilla's skin and pretend to...

Happy Halloween For The Advocates Of Unlimited Welfare Benefits http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2394929,00.html An artist of idleness tells how to work the system for 24 years. In a country where 2.2 million people are unemployed and the welfare system offers generous benefits...

A Cold Lesson So there's this man with a parrot. And his parrot swears like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. The trouble is that the guy who owns the parrot is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving...

Getting Confirmation An obnoxious drunk stumbles into the front door of a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says, "No way, friend, you're too drunk." A few minutes later, the drunk comes in though the bathroom. Again he slurs, "Give me a drink," and the bartender replies, "No, man, I...

Not Exactly About Trading, But Good Old Quotable Quotes From William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date". Hamlet To be...

Ageless Cowboy Wisdom * Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway. * Life ain't about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. * Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled. * Life is simpler when you plow around...

Yes, I heard about this project - it's a square wheel for added stability and more efficient storage. :) :) :)

Can we get back to this young person's original and well articulated question? Do you guys have anything useful to say about that? Or, else...:)

jtnet, This may be true for many employers, but the real biggies do care, or, at least, they used to. For example, I worked for AT&T for 18 years and we had a strictly controlled list of preferred schools to recruit new hires from. Other similar firms, eg, IBM, HP, Merril Lynch, etc had the...

Do you mean GRILLS or GIRLS? Totally different... :)

Depends on the person. What employers value most is what you can do for them. School is a great place to pick up skills, and so is a good job in a good company or working for yourself. What I learned in my professional life is that if you get a good job you don't deserve because you know...

WallStGolfer31, There have been some studies on this issue, comparing the career of people with BS, MS and PhDs over the period of years. Granted, these were conducted years ago, and education has become easier and more accessible to everyone since then, but I thought that the results were...

Our Armed Forces By the time the Army officer pulled into the little town, every hotel room was taken. "You've got to have a room somewhere", he pleaded with a proprietor. "Well, I do have a double room with one occupant, but he is an Air Force guy" admitted the manager, and he might be...