Originally published by Hosted on a Geocities humour page (Area51/9455); no author credited on the page itself at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/9455/physmaj.html. Retrieved from the Wayback Machine archive (captured 2002-02-07) and reproduced here for archival purposes -- credit for the jokes belongs to the original author, not youmightbe.com.
- if you have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
- ...if you enjoy pain.
- ...if your pets lead more interesting lives than you do.
- ...if you know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.
- ...if you chuckle whenever anyone says "centrifugal force."
- ...if you've actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
- ...if it is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
- ...if you frequently whistle the theme song to "MacGyver."
- ...if you always do homework on Friday nights.
- ...if you know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
- ...if you think in "math."
- ...if you've calculated that the World Series actually diverges.
- ...if you hesitate to look at something because you don't want to break down its wave function.
- ...if you have a pet named after a scientist.
- ...if you laugh at jokes about mathematicians.
- ...if the Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the Schrodinger's Cat experiment.
- ...if you can translate English into Binary.
- ...if you can't remember what's behind the door in the science building which says "Exit."
- ...if you have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there's a wind-chill factor in the lab.
- ...If you are completely addicted to caffeine.
- ...if you avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe.
- ...if you consider ANY non-science course "easy."
- ...if when your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe.
- ...if the "fun" center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use.
- ...if you'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math easier.
- ...if you understood more than five of these indicators.
- ...if you make a hard copy of this list, and post it on your door.