How Do You Care for a Gifted Physicist?

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The discussion revolves around the humorous experience of receiving a physicist as a unique Christmas gift, with participants sharing playful advice on how to care for and interact with this "pet." Suggestions include providing coffee, allowing them to solve problems, and avoiding interference with their work, particularly equations. The conversation humorously explores the differences between physicists, engineers, and economists, with jokes about their characteristics and maintenance needs. Participants also discuss naming the physicist and share light-hearted banter about the reliability and quirks of various academic "toys." The overall tone is playful, emphasizing the absurdity of treating a physicist like a pet while engaging in witty exchanges about their stereotypical behaviors and preferences.
  • #31
Pah. They're both just a cheap knockoff of a mathematician!
 
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  • #32
Aren't mathematicians afraid to drive?

After all, the width of the road is negligible when compared to its length.
 
  • #33
Physicist available:

Likes:

Back Rubs,
Good Food

Don't touch the napkins, they're important.
Leave the study alone, DO NOT try to tidy it up.

Otherwise, normal rules for handling men apply.

PM if interested...
 
  • #34
Brad_Ad23 said:
All I got for Christmas was an economist :frown:
That's so.. so.. um.. practical! :biggrin: Sure they don't glow in the dark and make funny noises like physicists, but I bet they're a heck of a lot more reliable.
 
  • #35
A Dodge Neon is a heck of a lot more reliable than a Ferrari.
See how I've compared an economist to a Dodge Neon and a physicist to a Ferrari? To continue this argument I would compare an engineer to a keychain
 
  • #36
Math Is Hard said:
That's so.. so.. um.. practical! :biggrin: Sure they don't glow in the dark and make funny noises like physicists, but I bet they're a heck of a lot more reliable.

But they aren't scientists!

Even though I'm a physicist I still wished for a mathematician :cry:

Getting an economist...follows the following equation:

Economist \equiv rock
 
  • #37
Hurkyl said:
Pah. They're both just a cheap knockoff of a mathematician!

Yes but the mathematician doll doesn't really exist. You only get a picture of a doll.
 
  • #38
The biologist doll comes with its own mold.
 
  • #39
Sick, Ivan, very sick. I like that.
 
  • #40
The Chemist doll comes pre-stained, and the consultant doll comes with a list of excuses as to why the project is late.

I really think this has potential. :biggrin:

What is included with the Proctologist doll?

The philosophy doll comes with a McDonald's employment application.
 
  • #41
Ivan, you're on quite a roll! I think it's time to run these ideas by Marketing.
 
  • #42
the proctologist doll comes with an engineer. He helps with the transformation to a physicist.
 
  • #43
tribdog said:
A Dodge Neon is a heck of a lot more reliable than a Ferrari.
See how I've compared an economist to a Dodge Neon and a physicist to a Ferrari? To continue this argument I would compare an engineer to a keychain
Yeah, neither will produce anything without the engineer.
 
  • #44
Artman said:
Yeah, neither will produce anything without the engineer.
geez, that's a typical engineer response. Seems so clever at first glance, but completely breaks down under examination.
I think I compared the engineer to a keychain, not a key.
 
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  • #45
A physicist?!? Math Is Hard you are so lucky you got one; they're in such short supply I wasn't able to get one this year. :cry: :cry: :cry:
Oh well, birthday's coming up later this month, maybe I can get one by then.
 
  • #46
Artman said:
Yeah, neither will produce anything without the engineer.

I thought that engineers just go to meetings. There's more?!
 
  • #47
Ivan Seeking said:
I thought that engineers just go to meetings. There's more?!
I thought all they did was drive the train
 
  • #48
Well, I don't know. I've known quite a few physicists for quite a few years, and let me tell you - they don't really age all that well... :smile: :smile: :smile: (JUST KIDDING, IVAN, DEAR. YOU KNEW THAT I WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TOSS THIS IN HERE SOMEWHERE, NOW, DIDN'T YOU?? :smile:)
 
  • #49
tribdog said:
geez, that's a typical engineer response. Seems so clever at first glance, but completely breaks down under examination.
I think I compared the engineer to a keychain, not a key.
Right. Engineers hold the key to making things work. :smile:
 
  • #50
Ivan Seeking said:
I thought that engineers just go to meetings. There's more?!
Sure, we sit around holding pencils and wiggle them around when the boss comes in the room. :smile:
 
  • #51
Imparcticle said:
What are good names for a physicist?

Weird ones that no one names anybody, like Issac, Galileo, and Wolfgang.
 
  • #52
Mk said:
Weird ones that no one names anybody, like Issac, Galileo, and Wolfgang.

what about Albert? or Richard?
 
  • #53
Mk said:
Weird ones that no one names anybody, like Issac, Galileo, and Wolfgang.
Indeed. I'd never give anything one of those names...

...doh!
 

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