It’s inevitable:

Put more than two engineers in the same room for a short amount of time, and without fail, the conversation will eventually turn into the classic engineering equivalent of a penis length contest.

By that I mean, the untold competition that is having the most amount of shit to do in the next week or so. Example:

“Dude, I’m so fucked. I have a lab on Tuesday and then a test and program on Wednesday.”

“Dude, whatever man. I have three tests on Monday, a lab due Wednesday that I haven’t started, a project due Thursday that my partner won’t do shit on, and then a homework assignment due Friday.”

“You guys have it easy. I broke both of my wrists and have to type with my  toes now, my computer crashed, my apartment burned down, and I have 4 tests next week and 3 programming assignments.”

Of course, at some point a business major might chime in about how he has “work” to do that is “hard”.

However, everyone will eventually stop laughing at him and continue with their discussion as normal.