Queen of Swords

Originally posted by Undercurrent
...the arrogant acadaemic whose plans get shot down by the "little guy" is one of the great modern storylines.

I believe Jack Chick used it in "Big Daddy".

Worldtraveller

So what IS your field of study? If you don't mind my asking.

My degree is in Aerospace engineering, so I just joke about how I AM a rocket scientist, and it seems to put them at ease, oddly enough??

Lane

Babylon Sister

When something is fairly simple and easy to understand, we commoners say "it isn't rocket science ya know!"

What do rocket scientists say?

ImGod

In addition to intelligence, I have the problem of being tall, good-looking, and rather well built.

Nobody can fully understand the trauma this has caused me. It's just something I've had to learn to live with.

Shadowy Man

Actually, I get decent mileage out of the following:

"Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist....well, I guess it does."

And variations on it.

Feather

Physics; currently a graduate student. I've tried the usual corny jokes "But I'm no Einstein," etc. It just seems to put people ill at ease no matter what. Not necessarily "jealous" ill at ease, but more often simply "intimidated" ill at ease. I don't understand why. It's not like I tell people whilst looking down my nose at them and implying that because they aren't that somehow I'm better. I never went out of my way to mention it, but eventually just started hoping the "what do you do" thing never came up. It's been very frustrating.

Thank Cthulu for books and classmates become friends.