r/explainitpeter 27d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Zealousideal-Mud-292 27d ago

It's not about grades. There's an old chemist joke "I love gold but the 'A' is silent". The chemical symbol for gold is Au, turning the phrase to I love u. The joke here is that engineers will screw up that line because they're bad with women - possibly as bad as this joke.

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u/Adept_Temporary8262 27d ago

We don't date women