Dilbert's
Theorem on Salary states that:
Computer professionals, engineers and scientists can never earn as high a salary as business executives and sales people. This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical proof based on the following postulates:
Postulate 1: KNOWLEDGE is POWER
Postulate 2: TIME is MONEY
As every engineer knows: POWER = WORK / TIME Since,
KNOWLEDGE = POWER
and TIME = MONEY, we have: KNOWLEDGE = WORK / MONEY
Solving for Money,
we get: MONEY = WORK / KNOWLEDGE Thus, as KNOWLEDGE
approaches zero,
MONEY approaches infinity regardless of the amount of
WORK done.
Conclusion: The Less you Know, the More you Make!
You Might Be 25 -
35 If..
You wore anything Izod, especially
those windbreakers that folded up into a pouch you
could wear around your waist.
You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when
Jordache jeans were cool.
In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing an Izod
shirt with the collar "up."
Your "dressy" wardrobe centered on pastels and
linen blazers - guys included.
You know, by heart, the words to a "Weird" Al
Yankovic song.
You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.
The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
"The Reflex" was a cool song.
You remember "Battlestar Galactica."
Three words: "Atari," "Apple," and
"Pong."
You remember the days that hooking your computer into
your television wasn't an expensive option that required
gadgets - it was the ONLY option.
You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.
You remember the days when "safe sex" meant
"my parents are gone for the weekend."
You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.
You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the
Bunnymen, Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral
Maneuvers in the Dark.
Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.
You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the
days of MTV.
A predominant color in your childhood photos is
"plaid."
While in high school, you and all your friends discussed
elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the
century and play "1999" by Prince over and over
again.
You remember when music that was labeled
"alternative" really was.
You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the
mini-van.
You rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced
the cars behind you in the "tail gunner"
position.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of
the following phases: - "When I was younger" -
"When I was your age" - "You know, back
when..." -"Just can't (fill in the blank) like
I used to"
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually
learned the English language.
You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a
Duran Duran, Madonna, Rick Springfield, or Cyndi Lauper
video.
You actually know who Rick Springfield is.
You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine
hit the streets and made your old Big Wheel obsolete.
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles
you over with laughter.
You remember when film critics raved that no movie could
ever possibly get better special effects than those in
the movie TRON.
You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer
was cool.
You wanted to move to Hawaii because that's where Magnum
lived.
For the girl crazy bunch: Your first sexual dream
occurred to thoughts of Jeannie, Marsha Brady, Samantha
from Bewitched or, for those hard-core comic fans out
there, Daphne from Scooby Doo, Josie or any
one of her Pussycats
And for the boy crazy bunch: You thought Sean Cassidy was
"dreamy", lusted after "Ted, your ship's
photographer" on the Love Boat and Chachi, or, to
keep it fair to the comically interested, thought
Fred was just a hunk on Scooby Doo.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became
something which can only be described by the phrase
"I was experimenting."
Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was
radical to the max, but did it anyhow.
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in
your life: Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit
ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire
Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit
ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are
much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of
every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the
theaters...you are now a teenager, and
you cannot get your eyes off Princess Lea's breasts/Han
Solo's butt.
You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but
not in the last five years.
You actually remember Benetton.
You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't
affectYOU) that maybe having the kids go to school
year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining
to your major degree.
You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream"
for you now.
You owned a Trapper Keeper.
You remember when there was only "G, PG and R",
none of this PG-13 crap.
You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and
still carry the emotional scars to this day.
Wonder twin powers, activate . . . form of an iceberg,
shape of a hammer.
You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic
Woman/Man or Wonder Woman/the Incredible Hulk.
You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."
You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to
Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed
"Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.
You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.
"All-skate, change directions" means something
to you.
You ever rang someone's doorbell and said
"Landshark."
You bought a pair of Vans and wanted to order a pizza in
history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli in
Fast Times as Ridgemont High.
Who is Who at a
University
THE DEAN
Leaps tall buildings in a single bound
Is
more powerful than a locomotive
Is
faster than a speeding bullet
Walks on water
Gives policy to God
THE DEPARTMENT HEAD
Leaps short buildings in a single bound
Is
more powerful than a switch engine
Is
just as fast as a speeding bullet
Talks with God
PROFESSOR
Leaps
short buildings with a running start and favorable
winds
Is
almost as powerful as a switch engine
Is
faster than a speeding BB
Walks on water in an indoor swimming pool
Talks with God if a special request is honored
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Barely clears a quonset hut
Loses tug of war with a locomotive
Can fire a speeding bullet
Swims well
Is
occassionally addressed by God
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Makes high marks on the walls when trying to leap tall
buildings
Is
run over by locomotives
Can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self-injury
Treads water
Talks to animals
INSTRUCTOR
Climbs walls continually
Rides the rails
Plays Russian Roulette
Walks on thin ice
Prays a lot
GRADUATE STUDENT
Runs into buildings
Recognizes locomotives two out of three times
Is
not issued ammunition
Can stay afloat with a life jacket
Talks to walls
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Falls over doorstep when trying to enter buildings
Says "Look at the choo-choo"
Wets himself with a water pistol
Plays in mud puddles
Mumbles to himself
DEPARTMENT SECRETARY
Lifts buildings and walks under them
Kicks locomotives off the tracks
Catches speeding bullets in her teeth and eats them
Freezes water with a single glance
She IS God.
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