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Originally Posted by Swift
I assume you are joking, but having been a Research Assistant in a science lab, it is a lot more than being a hot dog vendor (nothing against hotdog vendors).
I just assumed the part about being an RA was as much bunk as the rest.
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Sarcasm
That was a reference to the way people tend to inflate their position in life to make themselves seem more important when they are trying to pass off littel bits of information they heard from someone who heard it from someone as fact.
Kind of like if I were to tell you I'm a rocket scientist because I work on systems related to Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. I have a basic understanding of how an ICBM does what it does and I can hold my own in a conversation about Minuteman III's and Peacekeeper rockets but I'm far from a rocket scientist.
By saying he was a reseach assistant working for ESA what he probably ment was he works for the guy who owns the hot dog vendor on the sidewalk outside the ESA office...
Its not nearly as funny when you have to explain it... /sigh