RE: University Anecdotes
March 30, 2020 at 6:15 pm
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2020 at 6:21 pm by A. Secular Human.)
(March 30, 2020 at 12:25 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(March 30, 2020 at 11:04 am)Fireball Wrote: I got married at 28. My friends couldn't believe that I was abandoning the lending library for one book.I was 35 when I got married the first time. I browsed my ass off.
That would be part of your posterior. i think you meant to indicate a part from your anterior...
In 1975, my first EE circuit design professor was expounding on the subject of transistors, when he went into the invention of said devices. He described the contributions of William Schockley.
I piped up "didn't he invent the biased transistor?".
It was by far the best laugh I've ever received for a humorous quip.
For those of you not familiar with the man, a short primer on his later "work" is in order, specifically as a promoter of eugenics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley
Disappointing theists since 1968!
