Second anecdote:
A Mechanical Engineering graduate student was working on a research project that involved building a device out of perforated angle. When his advising professor noticed he seemed to be having difficulty, he asked if the student needed any help. The student then replied “I am trying to assemble this structure but when I turn the screw with the screwdriver, the thing on the back with the corners on it turns and the screw won’t tighten”. This 22 year old didn’t know that the “thing with the corners on it” was called a nut! He also didn’t understand that to keep the “nut” from turning he needed a wench!
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Patrick;
The Sober Pollock |