---- Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: 
> Matthew Hunt wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote:
> >
> >> (BTW: You can tell they're academics just by the way they *look*,
> >> can't you?)
> >
> >I was once grocery shopping with my roommate, when we were grad
> >students.  I don't remember what we were discussing, but it wasn't
> >work.  We were in the produce section, and a guy came up to us and
> >asked, "Excuse me, are you two physicists?  I have a question..."
> 
> I was once in Atlanta for the WERA Grand national Finals (motorcycle
> roadracing thing) and went to dinner with a friend in a Chinese
> restaurant. When the waiter came to take our order he asked, "You guys
> motorcycle racers?". We replied, "Um yeah. How did you know?" "Oh"
> came the reply, "I can tell just by looking!"

Petite build, to maximise performance? Check.  Neck like an 800lb gorilla, so 
the helmeted head goes where you want rather than force dictates? Check.  You 
had to be racers or fighter pilots.  I don't think fighter pilots have much oil 
under their fingernails.

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