> The Hierarchy  of Technical Professions:
> 
> The Mechanical  Engineer
> 	Leaps Tall Buildings In A Single Bound
> 	Is Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
> 	Is More Powerful Than A Locomotive
> 	Walks  On Water
> 	Designs Complicated Machinery For GOD
> 
> The Metalurgist
> 	Leaps Short Buildings In A Single  Bound
> 	Is As Fast As A Speeding Bullet
> 	Is As Powerful As  A Locomotive
> 	Walks On Water, When The Sea Is Calm
> 	Advises  GOD on Material Failures (Usually After  the  Fact)
> 
> The Mining Engineer
> 	Leaps Short  Buildings  With A Running Start And  A Tailwind
> 	Is As  Fast As  A Speeding B-B
> 	Is As Powerful As A Switch Engine
> 	Walks On Indoor Swimming  Pools
> 	Is Occasionally Consulted  By GOD
> 
> The Chemical Engineer
> 	Bearly Clears An Outhouse
> 	Loses A Tug-Of-War With Awitch Engine
> 	Is Almost As Fast As A B-B
> 	Swims Well
> 	Is Seldom Consulted  By GOD
> 
> The Electrical Engineer
> 	Makes It Over A Doghouse Two Out Of Three Times
> 	Is As Fast As A Paper Wad
> 	Avoids Railroads
> 	Can  Dogpaddle If He Falls In Water
> 	Is Too Busy Frying Himself To  Worry About GOD
> 
> The Forester
> 	Runs Into  Buildings
> 	Is As Fast As A Melting Glacier
> 	Owns A Lionel, But  Isn't Sure How To  Run It
> 	Can Usually  Stay Afloat If Equipped With A Life Preserver
> 	Talks To Trees
> 
  The Scientific And Technical Communicator
> 	Trips Over Door Frames (If Lucky  Enough To Find  The Door)
> 	Is As Fast As A Rolling Pasty
> 	Says "See The Choo-Choo"
> 	Won't Go Near A Mud Puddle Without His Rubber Sea Horse
> 	Can't Operate Household Appliances; Dreams Of Growing Corn For GOD
> 
> HOWEVER:
> 
> The Civil Engineer
> 	Lifts Tall Buildings Off Of Their Foundations And Walks Under Them
> 	Catches Speeding Bullets  In His Teeth And Eats Them
> 	Kicks Locomotives Off Their Tracks
> 	Freezes Water With A  Single  Glance...
> 	
> 	HE IS GOD!

NOTE: moses does not personally agree with this evaluation.  In her 
opinion, _Mechanical_ Engineers are truly gods. ;)