Sean McGrath posted his definition of an engineer, which reminded me of my favourite.
An engineer is someone who make for ten cents what any fool can make for a dollar.
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Heh, I imagine Sean's post was inspired by my comment to him a few days prior;
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/propylonsean/111243420229907000/#168977
What a fabulous definition of an engineer!!! ... do you know the original source of it?
After reading all the traditional definitions ... I decided yours is the best!